Battersby Hats of Nicholl Square, London, EC1 - London Office. Factory at Offerton Works, Stockport. Telephone: City 6780 and Stockport 619. Cables: "Headmark, London" and "Battersby, Stockport". (1929)
of 5 Roseberry Avenue, London, EC1 - London Office. Telephone: Terminus 7851. Factory: Offerton Works, Stockport, Cheshire. Telephone: Stockport 4844. Cables: "Battersby, Stockport". (1947)
1865 Established by W. J. Battersby.
1901 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Battersby Hats, best quality Fur Felt Men's Hats for all Markets of the World. Made throughout at Stockport, England. Wholesale distributors of Falcon Make Hats and Caps. (Stand No. S.79) [1]
1947 British Industries Fair Advert for Hats. Manufacturers of Fine quality Fur Felt Hats for Men for all markets of the World. (Textiles Section - Earls Court, Ground Floor, Stand No. 351) [2]
1966 Battersby merged with four other felt hat manufacturers to form Associated British Hat Manufacturers.[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair p16
- ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair Advert 450; and p25
- ↑ Denton and the Archaeology of the Felt Hatting Industry by Michael Nevell, Brian Grimsditch and Ivan Hradil ISBN 1 871324 36 X