Correspondence file "Private Sundries", between F.M. Richardson and various firms. Includes index.

• Reference:GB 254 MS 66/10/11/1/14
• Dates of Creation:1930-1932.
• Name of Creator:
  Sidlaw Industries Ltd
• Physical Description:
  1 file

• Scope and Content

  Relates to general company affairs and in particular to notes on the process for "woollenising" jute. Includes correspondence between Jute Industries, New York and governing professional bodies of various branches of the textile industry.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
  It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.

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• Note

  Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
  It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.

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• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Durham Burt

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