Records of United Thread Mills Ltd, thread manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland

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Reference
- GB 248 UGD 199/4
Dates of Creation
- 1908-1962
Name of Creator
- United Thread Mills Ltd (thread manufacturers: 1931-: Glasgow, Scotland)
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 metre
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Scope and Content

Minute books 1908-1962;
Minutes of technical section meetings 1930-1944;
Registers of members and directors 1931-1961;
Ledgers, 1932-1935;
Journals, 1948-1962;
Cash books, 1931-1954;
Salary books, 1912-1942;
Annual returns, 1930-1948;
Disposition by the Nethercraigs Laundry Co in favour of United Thread Mills, 1939;
Memorandum and articles of association, 1931-1966.

Administrative / Biographical History

United Thread Mills Ltd, thread manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland, was incorporated in March 1931 with a capital of £10,000 as a subsidiary of J & P Coats Ltd, thread manufacturers, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, with limited liability. Almost immediately agreements were entered into with J & P Coats Ltd, Clark & Co Ltd, thread manufacturers, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Jonas Brook & Bros, thread manufacturers, Meltham Mills, Huddersfield, Kirklees, England and James Chadwick & Bros Ltd, cotton manufacturers, Bolton, England, for United Thread Mills Ltd to purchase properties from them. The companies continued to operate in their mills, but as a branch of United Thread Mills Ltd. United Thread Mills Ltd appear also to have owned property of I P Clarke & Co Ltd, thread manufacturers, Leicester, England. In 1936, J & P Coats Ltd transferred their shares in United Thread Mills Ltd to I & P Clarke & Co Ltd. Records indicate the company continued to trade after 1962.

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