Souvenir of the Visit of HRH The Prince of Wales
Souvenir of the visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to Ladyship Mills, Ovenden, Halifax in 1926.
Author: Unknown
Date: 15 October 1926
Location: Halifax
Format: Business History
Document ID: 100821
Library ID: 29273686(677SOU)
"Souvenir Commemorating the Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G., Etc., to Standeven & Co. Ltd., Halifax, England, October 15th, 1926." The Prince of Wales was the future King Edward VIII.
Includes mainly photographs with some extracts from press reports.
p1: Inscription on fly leaf: "With the compliments of Standeven & Co Ltd, J Standeven, Director, Xmas 1926."
p2: Photograph of The Prince of Wales.
p3: Title page.
p4: Newspaper cutting from April 1952 about Standeven employees' dance at Alexandra Hall.
p5: Photographs of members of Standeven family (directors of company).
p6: Engraving of Ladyship Mills, with very brief history of the Standeven business.
p7: Extracts from Press Reports.
p8,9: Photographs of company representatives from home and abroad.
p10,11: Photographs of arrival and departure of royalty.
p12: Photographs of engines in power department.
p13: Photographs of Combing Department and Sample (Colour) Mixing.
p14: Photographs of Drawing Departments.
p15: Photographs of Spinning and Winding Departments.
p16: Photographs of Spinning Shed.
p17: Photographs of Beaming Departments.
p18,19: Photographs of Weaving Departments.
p20: Photographs of Pattern Dressing and Warp Reaching-In and Twisting.
p21: Photographs of Weft Room and Colour Matching.
p22: Photographs of Burling and Mending Departments.
p23,24,25: Photographs of Finishing Departments.
p26: Photographs of Piece Warehouse and Designing.
p27: Photographs of Offices.
p28: Photographs of Spinning Department machinery and staff.
p29: Photographs of Weaving and Twisting Department staff.
p30: Photographs of Warehousemen and Supervisors.
p31: Photographs of Managers, Foremen and Office Staff.
p32: Photographs of Works Garage.
