Annual reports 1886-1912
Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association
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- Dates of Creation1886-1912
- Physical Description1 box
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Administrative / Biographical History
Formed in 1882 by the amalgamation of the United Cotton Spinners of Bolton and the Bolton Self-Actor Minders' Society. It had branches in Manchester, Leigh, Farnworth, Atherton and Reddish, with Chorley and Tyldesley joining in 1883 and Hindley and Pendlebury in 1885. It had 2,757 members in 1912. Renamed the Bolton Provincial Association of Operative Spinners and Twiners sometime after 1912.
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These publications were transferred from the University library (old ref 41T).
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Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/BOC