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Portrait of Clifford Ardill of Ardill & Co. at Ridge Works in Meanwood Road. Ardill & Co. was a small family firm founded in the 19th century by Clifford's father, John Ardill. Clifford, born in 1880, and his brother Leslie, born in 1882, continued to run the firm uwhich manufactured metal checks or discs using hand-operated fly presses. The business passed into the hands of Brian Ardill, the grandson of John Ardill and he ran it until his death in the early 1960s. From then it was managed for several years by his wife, Eleanor Mary, known as 'Mollie'. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Meanwood Road Ridge Works Ardill | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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