JOHN RYLANDS
Joiner Street
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Joiner Street warehouse
Bridgewater Place, Bread Street,
New High Street and Market Street
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Bridgewater Place, Bread Street, New High Street and Market Street warehouses
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Portland Street premises
Waterloo Mills in Chorley were purchased by the company on 17 November, 1874[1] for £9,050[2]. The Mills were later re – named to Lancashire Floor cloths[3]. Waterloo Mills were erected in 1874[4] and had a reputation for the best quality floor oilcloths because of its long – lasting material and hard wear. The Mills were registered under the trademarks “Tiger” and “Tip – Top”[5].
Bread Street and Bridgewater Place warehouses traded lambskins, sheetings, corsets, costumes baby clothing and waterproofs[6].
No. 5 Tib Street warehouses were leased in 1932 from Smokers Limited[7]. As well as ground and first floor of 15, Tib Street lease in 1954 of Burroughs Adding Machine Limited.
No. 36 Princess Street warehouse lease was signed on 11 August, 1954, between Lloyd’s Packing Warehouses Limited and Rylands & Sons Limited[8]. These premises were located fronting Faulkner and Portland Street.
[1]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 39.
[2]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 92.
[3]John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/1, Printed paperback catalogue with various warehouses of Rylands & Sons.
[4]Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993), p. 39.
[5]John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/5, The British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, 1924.
[6] John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/1, Printed paperback catalogue with various warehouses of Rylands & Sons.
[7]John Rylands, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/9, Messrs. Rylands & Sons Limited to Messrs. Smokers Limited. Lease of No. 5 Tib Street in the City of Manchester.
[8]John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/14, Lloyd’s Packing Warehouses Holdings Limited and Rylands and Sons Limited, Agreement relating to rights in respect of premises situate fronting Portland Street and Faulkner Street in the City of Manchester.