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A History of the County of Chester
… 1905 to justify a separate advertising committee, 24 which co-opted three representatives of the Chester Traders' …
A History of the County of Chester
… October 1829, 2 but from 1830 the corporation began to co-opt Independents (mostly not the most prominent ones) as …
A History of the County of Chester
… won the day. The chairman of the Chester and Crewe Railway Co., John Uniacke, who lived in Chester, was brought on to … and reforming the police and fire brigade. 1 Cross-party co-operation among the élite was exemplified by the … in Trinity ward in 1912. 13 The new education committee co-opted the headmistress of the Queen's school (Beatrice …
A History of the County of Chester
… (ironmongers), and Johnsons (Hydraulic Engineering Co.) were all long-standing members, and Sir John Brunner of Brunner, Mond & Co. was a trustee in 1900. 11 They and the small English …
A History of the County of Chester
… Most of the skilled engineers at the Hydraulic Engineering Co. in 1881 had been recruited from firms outside Chester. …
A History of the County of Chester
… Flookersbrook foundry, set up in 1803 by Cole, Whittle & Co., a firm which was later transformed into Chester's most … between 1762 and 1840. In 1800 Walkers, Maltby & Co. set up a leadworks on the banks of the Chester and … by the development of other service activities. Local banking became established, though it was risky. Thomas & …
A History of the County of Chester
… and Wirral Elsewhere in Cheshire Elsewhere 1844 Butt & Co. (482) 46.5 29.7 10.8 0.2 12.2 0.6 1854 Butt & Co. (365) 44.7 15.3 21.6 3.6 14.3 0.6 1864 Butt & Co. (1,032) … Professional, Sales, and Service 114 338 320 8% 16% 16% Banking Companies 4 6 12 Pawnbrokers 7 6 7 Accountants 5 19 …
A History of the County of Chester
… W. T. Davies & Sons of Canal Street and Thomas Nicholls & Co. of Deeside Mills, Handbridge. 11 The former, established … Around 1875 the factory was taken over by Alfred Bostock & Co., a Stafford shoe firm, but by 1892 Bostocks had left and … Both of Chester's private banks were badly affected by the banking crisis of 1878, itself a reflection of the …
A History of the County of Chester
… was an unsuccessful strike at the Hydraulic Engineering Co. over the introduction of piecework. 2 The national …
A History of the County of Chester
… V.C.H. Ches. ii. 24; D. J. Clayton, Administration of Co. Palatine of Chester, 1442-85 (Chetham Soc. 3rd ser. …