Records of Fereneze Filling Factory Ltd, cartridge assemblers, Glasgow, Scotland

Scope and Content

  • Minute books 1941-1947;
  • Journals 1941-1947

Administrative / Biographical History

Fereneze Filling Factory Ltd , cartridge assemblers, Glasgow, Scotland, was incorporated 12 May 1941  , with their registered office at St Vincent Street, Glasgow, shared with J & P Coats Ltd , thread manufacturers, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The factory of Fereneze was based at Nethercraigs, near Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, which had housed a bleachworks (closed in 1932) and was the laundry for J & P Coats Ltd. The company appears to have been set up as part of the war effort on the part of J & P Coats Ltd to assemble cartridges. At the beginning of January 1947  , it went into voluntary liquidation.

Arrangement

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series the items are generally arranged chronologically

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Indefinite loan : J & P Coats : Glasgow : c1984

Indefinite loan : Coats Viyella plc : London: 1991 : ACCN 0146 (Additional Deposit)

Indefinite loan : via Business Archives Council in Scotland : 1993 : ACCN 0198 (Additional Deposit)

Indefinite loan : 1995 : ACCN 0240 (Additional Deposit)

Indefinite loan : 1996 : ACCN 0255 (Additional Deposit)

Indefinite loan : Coats Viyella plc : Swinton, Manchester: 2000 : ACCNs 1887, 1925, 1926, 1996

Indefinite loan : ACCN 0054

Other Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom

Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)2576) and London (NRA20914)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

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Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Appraisal Information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

Custodial History

Held by J & P Coats Ltd

Accruals

None expected

Related Material

GB 248 UGD 199/1 Records of J & P Coats Ltd and CoatsPatons Ltd

See source list on Textiles available via Glagsow University Archive Services homepage at http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk

Material in other repositories: no material associated by provenance

Bibliography

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Additional Information

This material is original

Amended by Emma Yan, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), 06 February 2008

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