Bleasdale
Bleasdales Ltd, of 23, Colliergate, York, Wholesale Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists.
Bleasdales made and sold emulsions, oils, syrups, and a wide range of other pharmaceutical preparations.
1856 William Bleasdale bought an interest in the firm of Butterfield and Clarke, manufacturing chemists in York since 1780.
The firm was known as Clarke, Bleasdale, Bell and Tollinton until 1878.
1888 William Bleasdale died and his executors carried on for a short time.
1894 The firm was reconstituted as Bleasdales Ltd at a nominal capital of £50,000, with Arthur Humphrys as managing director and several other chemists on the board.
1948 After the advent of the National Health Service, its manufacturing role drastically reduced; the firm continued to operate as a wholesale business.
1982 The firm resolved not to re-register as a public company and moved from Colliergate to a warehouse at Birch Park.
Soon after 2 non-pharmaceutical toiletries shops were closed, having incurred substantial losses
1986 cost reduction continued; sales had increased despite "fierce competition".
See Also
Sources of Information
- Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. By Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell. Edited by John Graham Smith. 1988.