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December 12, 2008 9:34 PM
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1851 Built Barlow and Jones
1873 march 12th On Saturday evening, the workpeople
in the employ of the firm of Barlow and Jones met in the Temperance
Hall, to celebrate the attainment of the majority of Mr John Robert
Barlow, second son of James Barlow, Esq. About 1,500 partook of a substantial
tea provided by Mr Barlow in honour of the occasion, and the arrangements
for serving so large a number were admirably carried out by a committee
of the employees. During the intervals between the second and third
tables, a string band discoursed some excellent music. The occasion
was taken advantage of by the employees to present Mr J.R. Barlow with
a splendidly illuminated address, encased in a large gilt oval frame
Mr Jesse Fletcher proposed the best thanks of the meeting to Jas Barlow,
Esq., for his hospitality. After referring to the good understanding
there existed between employer and employed at Albert Mills, he said
the firm had ever had the indomitable courage to adopt the latest improvements
in machinery; and he (Mr Fletcher) stated, authoritatively, that there
was not another place in Lancashire that was connected with the same
branch of business where the hands employed got the same wages and enjoyed
the same liberties as those at Albert Mills.
1875 Barlow and Jones Ltd
1876 Fire at Mill No1
1884 Barlow and Jones also at Prospect and Cobden
Mills and Longlands Mill Walmsley
1900 Barlow and Jones also at Prospect, Cobden and
Egyptian Mills and Longlands Mill Walmsley
1960s Also at Prospect, Falcon and Union Mills
1985 Osman Textiles Ltd
2008 Site re-developed, left part industrial, right
part shopping
