Catalogue description BALME AND PRITCHARD LTD (ATLAS DYEWORKS), HALIFAX, DYERS AND FINISHERS

This record is held by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

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Reference:	BP
Title:	BALME AND PRITCHARD LTD (ATLAS DYEWORKS), HALIFAX, DYERS AND FINISHERS
Date:	1934-1982; 1912-1982
Held by:	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale, not available at The National Archives
Language:	English
Creator:	Balme and Pritchard Ltd, Halifax, dyers and finishers
Physical description:	54 boxes/1.08 cubic metres
Access conditions:	Open
Immediate source of acquisition:	Deposited : Calderdale MBC Accessioned : 10 May 1983, 21 Nov 1984
Administrative / biographical background:	John Pritchard, son of Robert Pritchard who kept a pressing shop in Halifax, entered into partnership c1854 with a Mr Balme and then with his son John William Balme. In 1879, 6 people including John Pritchard were killed in a boiler explosion at the West Croft Works, Lister Lane, Halifax. Extracted from trade directories 1845 - Robert Pritchard, Greece Field, Halifax, shopkeeper 1861 - Balme and Pritchard, West Croft Works, Lister Lane, finishers 1893 - Balme and Pritchard, West Croft Works, Lister Lane, finishers 1917-1966 - Balme and Pritchard, Atlas Works, Sedbergh Rd, Halifax, dyers, finishers and stovers
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