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Description: | Ladies Wear 1967 - 71; Pattern Ranges Books Men's Wear 1967 - 1970; Pattern Sheets 1970; Loose sample Fashion Fabrics c. 1970s. - From 1868 William, Henry and Adam Brown occupied Buckholm Corn Mill. Adam retired in 1875, William and Henry died in 1883 and 1885 respectively, and control was passed to William's sons. Buckholm Corn Mill was said to be the first mill in Galashiels to be lit by electricity in 1884.
Messrs. Brown Brothers was formed into a limited company in or about 1928, the Directors being A. Laing Brown and his son William Brown. They retired in 1929 and James Brown of Gala Hill acquired all the shares. The new Directors were W.B. Laing, D.K Colledge [Chairman of the Governors of the Scottish Woollen Technical College 1945 - 1965], W. Addison and R.S. Dorward.
Towards the end of the Second World War, Brown Brothers Ltd. was acquired by D.K Colledge and continued to operate under his directorship until the 1970s. Colledge was awarded the C.B.E. in 1955 for his services to the textile industry. He died in 1972, the year also in which Buckholm Corn Mill was closed due to the decline in the industry. It was demolished in 1975. | Subjects: | Weaving Woollen and worsted manufacture Textile industry | Source: | Heriot-Watt University | Address: | Mary Burton Centre, Level 1 Cameron Smail Librar, Heriot-Watt University,,
EH14 4AS | Identifier: | BB |
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