Bucks Cottage Workers' Agency
Other Business Names:
- Armstrong, Harry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Olney, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
- Stoke Goldington, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Established 1906 by Harry Armstrong, d1943, a local draper who sought to organise the local cottage based lace making industry on more efficient lines by forming a purchasing and marketing business at Stoke Goldington. Moved to Olney 1909. Prospered. Closed on Armstrong's death
Publications:
- Beautiful Buckinghamshire Lace Worked in the Cottage Homes of Bucks by Unknown
- Harry Armstrong and the Bucks Cottage Workers' Agency by Knight, Elizabeth
- Pride of North Buckinghamshire. Pillow lace by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Armstrong, Harry
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Olney, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
- Stoke Goldington, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Textile yarn, cloth, etc, distribution
Notes:
Established 1906 by Harry Armstrong, d1943, a local draper who sought to organise the local cottage based lace making industry on more efficient lines by forming a purchasing and marketing business at Stoke Goldington. Moved to Olney 1909. Prospered. Closed on Armstrong's deathPublications:
- Beautiful Buckinghamshire Lace Worked in the Cottage Homes of Bucks by Unknown
- Harry Armstrong and the Bucks Cottage Workers' Agency by Knight, Elizabeth
- Pride of North Buckinghamshire. Pillow lace by Unknown