William Watson (Dundee) Ltd, Bleachers and Dyers, Forebank Dyeworks, Dundee

Minutes 1925-1978; shareholding records 1925-1979; ledgers 1925-1983; journals; cash books and other financial records 1967-1983; balance sheets 1926-1983; memoranda and articles of association 1925-1969; accident registers 1974-1980; sales/production records 1975-1980; valuation of Forebank Dyeworks 1962; winding book 1856-1859.

The company started trading between 1890 and 1902 as 'Bleachers Dyers and Finishers of all kinds of flax, cotton and jute yarns and piece goods' at Forebank Dyeworks. It was a successor to James Stevenson & Co, who had been engaged in the same business in the same site since 1850. William Watson (Dundee) Ltd was incorporated in 1925 and in 1969 acquired Cargill & Company Ltd. By 1980 production at Midmill had ceased, and by the following year the company had become a fully owned subsidiary of A & S Henry & Co (Dundee) Ltd.

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The records were deposited by A & S Henry & Co Ltd 1984-1993 (AccM/207, AccM/245, AccM/293).

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MS 86/XI Cargill & Co Ltd, Dundee Bleachers, Midmill Works, Dundee

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