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This was formed in 1943, the instruments being inherited from the St John Ambulance Cadets. The conductor was J H Merrick. The firm bought new instruments in 1945 and Clifton Jones became the musical director and remained to 1955, when Herbert White took over. They competed in many contests with
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In 1920, the partners handed over the company to a syndicate. The families remained on the board until 1926, when only Walter Smalley remained. The company survived the interwar years by an aggressive export drive, taking major orders from
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Holdings in 1957, who decided to close the Globe works in late 1962. Platt had decided that the market for ring frames was declining so it transferred existing work to Oldham and the Globe Works in Accrington.
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died in 1891, three of the directors, Edmund Tweedale, Samuel Tweedale and Joseph Smalley decided to set up their own textile machine manufacturing business. They started in John Street,
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At one time the Globe Works covered over 14 acres (57,000 m) and employed more than 2,000 people. In 1964 it became the northern distribution centre for
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but continued to trade under its own name. Then in 1939, it reverted to producing armaments. This allowed it to retool.
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recognition until March 1917. There was a strike and government intervention when the partners were forced to concede.
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During World War I, they produced armaments. An accident in May 1916 killed six people. Tweedales and Smalley resisted
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Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
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General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association
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Post war, it exported to new markets in 28 countries including
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Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers' Friendly Society
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Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
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Hick and Sons / Hick, Hargreaves & Co 70: 952:United Textile Factory Workers' Association 942:Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation 136:was a manufacturer of textile machinery in 286: 272: 264: 69: 27:British manufacturer of textile machinery 1212:British companies disestablished in 1933 472:Yates & Thom / Yates of Blackburn 209:In 1933, the firm became part of the 7: 244:Tweedales and Smalley Ltd works band 907:Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union 452:William Roberts & Co of Nelson 25: 1202:1933 disestablishments in England 927:General Union of Loom Overlookers 1187:Engineering companies of England 1182:Textile manufacturers of England 912:Amalgamated Weavers' Association 350: 148:, in England. It specialised in 1197:Textile machinery manufacturers 1192:History of the textile industry 342:Sidney Stott (later Sir Philip) 770:Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust 1: 745:Lancashire Cotton Corporation 719:Thomas Whitehead and Brothers 422:W & J Galloway & Sons 228:. 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Tweedales and Smalley

53°35′N 2°10′W / 53.59°N 2.17°W / 53.59; -2.17
Textile Machinery Makers Ltd
Castleton
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
ring spinning frames
Howard & Bullough
Rochdale
Castleton
Accrington
ring frames
carding machine
trade union
India
Russia
Textile Machinery Makers Ltd
Peru
Brazil
Mexico
Platt Brothers
Woolworths
Tweedales and Smalley- Rochdale Observer article
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Lancashire
cotton
David Bellhouse

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