English Velvet and Cord Dyers Association
of 30 Princess Street, Manchester
1899 A combination of velvet dyers was being organised[1]
1899 Fourteen companies merged to form the English Velvet and Cord Dyers Association. The company was registered on 7 April. [2]
Members included:
- Crimsworth Water Dyeing Co
- Henry Crabtree and Son
- James and John M. Worrall
- Moranding Co
- John Chapman and Co
- Joseph Clare
- Littleborough Dyeing Co
- Samuel Ashton and Co
- Thomas Crabtree
- William Clemson and Co
- Cleggs Court Printing Co
- Dickins and Heywood
- Driver, Goodier and Co
- Calderside Dyeing Co
- Greenwood, Head and Co
- Uttley and Co
- Stubbin Holme Dyeing Co
- John Whiteley
- Wood Top Dyeing Co
- James Brown (of Manchester)
- John Brown and Co (Huddersfield)
1907 Public issue of shares[3]
1914 Directors: Directors: Henry Worrall (Chairman), Samuel Brooks (Vice Chairman and Managing Director), Samuel Ashton, Joseph Clare, Samuel Driver, and B. H. Crabtree, Empsall Dyson, Thomas Kenyon and Charles F. Worrall (Managing Directors).
1949 English Velvet and Cord Dyers Association changed its articles of association and its name to English Velvets[4]