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Morton Sundour Fabrics

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of Carlisle.

1914 Founded by Alexander Morton (1844-1923) and continued by his son Sir James Morton

1914 Company registered. Morton Sundour Fabrics. Textile manufacturers and mill owners.[1]

1914 Established a dye making works in Carlisle which, in 1917, was separated from the company as Solway Dyes Co[2]

1925 Mr. James Morton, governing director Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., Carlisle.[3]

1935 Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd., the Carlisle firm is part owned by Courtaulds.[4]

1944 A new warp knitting machine was released, based on extensive experiments carried out by the late Sir James Morton and perfected by F.N.F., Ltd., a company jointly operated by Courtaulds, Ltd., and Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd.[5]

1996 Ceased trading

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Pall Mall Gazette - Thursday 25 June 1914
  2. ↑ The Times Dec. 12, 1917
  3. ↑ Lancashire Evening Post - Tuesday 19 May 1925
  4. ↑ The Scotsman - Monday 08 April 1935
  5. ↑ The Engineer 1944
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