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Description: | Mr John Middlebrook began business as a draper in Batley, where his eldest son, Mr. John Priestly Middlebrook (who became Mayor of Batley), was born. After a few years, he joined Mr. John Nussey, the founder of the Carlinghow Mills firm later known as Brooke, Wilford and Co, Ltd., whose premises are usually referred to as "Nussey's Mill". Mr Middlebrook went to mr Nussey to manage the financial side of the business. Mr Henry Brooke (who became the Mayor of Batley) was the manufacturer and Mr. Edwin Wilford, of Birstal was the designer. Old age and the Leeds bank failure necessitated the retirement of Mr. Nussey, and the firm of John Nussey and Co. was formed in 1868, the members if the firm being Mr. (later Sir.) John Barras, Mr John Middlebrook, Mr Henry Brooke and Edwin Wilford. Due to ill health Mr Middlebrook retired from business in 1882. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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Publisher: | Kirklees | Rights holder: | Kirklees | Subjects: | Kirklees1 | Source: | Kirklees Image Archive OAI Feed | Identifier: | http://www.kirkleesimages.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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