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Carpet Trades Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Humphries, James, & Sons Ltd
  • Hughes, Edward, & Sons Ltd
  • Pyrah & Sons Ltd
  • Swire, Robert, & Sons Ltd
  • Crossley, John, & Sons Ltd
  • Crossley, John, Carpet Trades Holdings Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Textile production Carpet, rugs, etc, production

Notes:

Traced origins to 1920 when formed to effect the merger of four Kidderminster and two Yorkshire carpet making businesses including James Humphries & Sons Ltd, Edward Hughes & Sons Ltd, Pyrah & Sons Ltd and Robert Swire & Sons Ltd. 1936 converted to a public company. 1953 merged with John Crossley to form John Crossley Carpet Trades Holdings Ltd

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