Hulme Patent Advertising Match Co
From Graces Guide
The Hulme Patent Advertising Match Co Ltd of Irlam, Manchester
- Makers of matches and wooden fruit boxes
- The factory was located adjacent to Liverpool Road and to Irlam railway station, occupying a small triangular area between Royles and the railway lines. A rail connection served the works' yard, where a Scotch derrick was installed for unloading logs.
- The factory was established in 1895, and was said to have produced the first non-poisonous matches in England. They became the British Basket and Besto Co Ltd. [1]
- James Roy Hulme became Managing Director and Vice Chairman in 1920. From 1926 to 1970 he was Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the British Basket and Besto Co Ltd.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Archive Photographs Series 'Irlam and Cadishead' compiled by Marion Beeston and Irlam and Cadishead Local History Society,published by Chalford's in 1997