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Openshaw, Charles, & Sons Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Rothwell, Peter

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

  • Bury, Bury, Greater Manchester, North West, England
  • Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
  • Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England

Sectors:

  • Textile production Cotton textiles production inc spinning & weaving
  • Textile production Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord

Notes:

Traced origins to 1805 when established at Bury by Charles Openshaw and Peter Rothwell as a cotton manufacturing business. Under Oppenshaw developed as a fustian manufacturer with a warehouse at Manchester. Latterly based at Todmorden and focused on making print blankets and other consumables for the printing industry. Closed 2005

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