Minute books of the Association of the Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers of Leeds and District, 1899-1933

Scope and Content

Vol.1, 1899-1914; vol.2, 1915-1918; vol. 3, 1925-1933

Administrative / Biographical History

A meeting of manufacturers connected with the woollen and worsted trade was held in the Council Room of the Chamber of Commerce, Royal Exchange, Leeds, on 10 January 1899. There it was unanimously resolved that "in view of the number of questions arising from time to time affecting the interests of manufacturers connected with the woollen and worsted trade of the City of Leeds and District...it is desirable to form an association exclusively representative of such manufacturers."

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mr J. Goodall, through the good offices of the Bradford Industrial Museum, December 1980

Note

In English