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Expand 1 - Cinder Hill Bloomery and Ironworks, Cinder Hill, Holcombe Moor1 - Cinder Hill Bloomery and Ironworks, Cinder Hill, Holcombe Moor
Expand 2 - Lawrence Stead & Brother, Ramsbottom2 - Lawrence Stead & Brother, Ramsbottom
Expand 3 - TNT United Kingdom Limited.3 - TNT United Kingdom Limited.
Collapse 4 - Metcalf Bros. (Ramsbottom) Limited, Prince Street, Ramsbottom.4 - Metcalf Bros. (Ramsbottom) Limited, Prince Street, Ramsbottom.
1 - Typewritten Director's Manual containing c.100 pages of procedures and recommendations for the performance of director's duties.
2 - Brief history of Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited for the period 1937-1991, by J Barrett.
3 - Description of manufacturing process for wooden bottle boxes produced 1945-1975 and standard decorators paste table, by J Barrett
4 - Completion Statement re William Strang and Others to Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited
5 - Hand drawn plans of part of central Ramsbottom pre-1935 and post-1990 showing site of Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited.
6 - Bury Football Club match day programme. Match against Gillingham sponsored by Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited.
7 - Brochure regarding bottle box produced by Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited
8 - Photographs showing different aspects of a 'Lamibox'
9 - Publicity material regarding 'Klambox Liquid' and 'Klambox Fold Flat' boxes together with advertisements in trade journals.
10 - Description of and cloth samples for 'Yorkshire Futon' manufactured by Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited.
11 - Publicity material showing several miscellaneous examples of the type of products that Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited manufacture.
12 - Instructions to operators regarding proper use of machinery at Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited
13 - Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited computer manual
14 - Costings for Paste Table manufacture, Full and Short Product lists, Customer list and Plant Register for Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited
15 - List of 'complete contents of saw-doctor's shop and mechanic's shop'
16 - Profit and Loss account for Ableaim Limited for 50.4 weeks to Aug 1991
17 - Ableaim Limited, Prince Street, Ramsbottom company letter paper
18 - Newspaper cutting, source unknown regarding will of Christopher Robert Metcalfe, company director died 30 Apr 1963
19 - Newspaper cutting source probably Bolton Evening News, with picture, regarding construction of extension to factory
20 - Extracts from' Bury Times' and 'Inside Bury' regarding need for grant aid to expand premises
21 - Service Sheet for funeral of Lucy Metcalfe 1905-1989
22 - Auction Catalogue regarding sale of machinery and equipment of Ableaim Limited (in liquidation).
23 - Newspaper cuttings, source unknown regarding liquidation of Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited in 1991
24 - Newspaper cutting from Bury Times regarding Disqualification Order against William Hacking, director.
25 - Letter of guarantee regarding satisfactory performance of machine installed by Woodlee Materials Handling Co. Limited
26 - Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited business card and envelope.
27 - Draft Balance Sheet for Ableaim Limited as at 30 Nov 1991 and Cash Flow Forecast for period 19 Oct 1991 - 01 Feb 1992
28 - Various pictures of Prince Street mill site, processes and machinery at Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Limited
Expand 5 - F D Sims Limited, Hazelhurst Works, Ramsbottom.5 - F D Sims Limited, Hazelhurst Works, Ramsbottom.
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Expand 7 - J&J Whittaker Haulage Contractors7 - J&J Whittaker Haulage Contractors
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