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RECORDS OF BRIDON PLC (FORMERLY BRITISH ROPES LTD) AND OF COMPANIES ACQUIRED BY ITDYBRI

Bridon PlcDYBRI/1

BRITISH ROPES NORTHERN (SALES) LTDDYBRI/2

ALLAN, WHYTE AND CO. LTD.DYBRI/3

BRITISH PLEXON LTDDYBRI/4

W.B. BROWN (BANKHALL) LTDDYBRI/5

BULLIVANT AND CO. LTDDYBRI/6

WILLIAM COOKE AND CO. LTD.DYBRI/7

GEORGE CRADDOCK AND CODYBRI/8

CRAVEN AND SPEEDINGDYBRI/9

DARLINGTON WIRE MILLSDYBRI/10

DIXON CORBITTDYBRI/11

DONCASTER WIRE COMPANY LTDDYBRI/12

EDINBURGH ROPERIEDYBRI/13

GEORGE ELLIOT AND CO. LTD.DYBRI/14

EXCELSIOR WIRE ROPE CO. LTD.DYBRI/15

GARNOCK BIBBY AND CO. LTD.DYBRI/16

GLAHOLM AND ROBSONDYBRI/17

GOUROCK ROPEWORK CODYBRI/18

D H AND G HAGGIEDYBRI/19

R. HOOD HAGGIE AND SONS LTDDYBRI/20

HUMBER ROPE COMPANYDYBRI/21

LONDON SPINNING COMPANY LIMITEDDYBRI/22

D. MORGAN REES AND SONS LIMITEDDYBRI/23

NEWBURN CORDAGEDYBRI/24

NORTHGATE STEEL WIRE MILLSDYBRI/25

ROLLASON WIRE COMPANY LIMITEDDYBRI/26

E. AND A. SMITH AND COMPANY LIMITEDDYBRI/27

THOMAS AND WILLIAM SMITHDYBRI/28

WILLIAM TERRELL AND SONS LIMITEDDYBRI/29

WEBSTER AND COMPANYDYBRI/30

WRIGHTS' ROPESDYBRI/31

Minute book of directors' meetings no.1; signed, indexedDYBRI/31/1

Minute book of directors' meetings no.2; signed, indexedDYBRI/31/2

Minute book of directors' meetings no.3; signedDYBRI/31/3

Minute book of directors' meetings no.4; signedDYBRI/31/4

Minute book of directors' meetings no.5; signedDYBRI/31/5

Minute book of directors' meetings no.6; signedDYBRI/31/6

Preference share ledger and register of transfersDYBRI/31/7

Ordinary shares, register of members, share ledger and register of transfers, surnames A-GDYBRI/31/8

Ordinary share register, surnames H-PDYBRI/31/9

Ordinary share ledger, surnames Q-ZDYBRI/31/10

Register of probates, indexedDYBRI/31/11

Register of probates, indexedDYBRI/31/12

Register of transfers of ordinary and preference sharesDYBRI/31/13

Share transfer certificate book for ordinary and preference shares, nos 3000-3300DYBRI/31/14

Share transfer certificate book, nos 3301-3700DYBRI/31/15

Share transfer certificate book; nos 3701-4099DYBRI/31/16

Share transfer certificate book; nos 4100-4367DYBRI/31/17

Share certificate book; with completed counterfoils for share certificate nos 1301-1393 and certificates 1394-1400 unusedDYBRI/31/18

Annual report and statement of accountsDYBRI/31/19

Items formerly enclosed in DY/BRI/31/19DYBRI/31/20

Annual report and statement of accountsDYBRI/31/21

Annual statement of accountsDYBRI/31/22

Annual statement of accountsDYBRI/31/23

Annual statement of accountsDYBRI/31/24

Annual statement of accountsDYBRI/31/25

Register of directors and of directors' holdings and interestsDYBRI/31/26

Annual returns under the Companies Act, 1948DYBRI/31/27

Representatives' price listDYBRI/31/28

Representatives' price listDYBRI/31/29

Representatives' price listDYBRI/31/30

Representatives' price listDYBRI/31/31

Representatives' price listDYBRI/31/32

Record book of production of special locked coil wire rope, no.1, indexedDYBRI/31/33

Completed returns to British Ropes on form SWR2 of deliveries and orders in hand for steel wire ropeDYBRI/31/34

Pensions: 'Top Hat' scheme for managementDYBRI/31/35

Staff pensions fundDYBRI/31/36

Staff pensions fund; Includes rules of fund 1959DYBRI/31/37

Commission agreement with Wrights' Canadian RopesDYBRI/31/38

Birmingham Family Service Unit, financial support from Wrights' RopesDYBRI/31/39

University of Birmingham, financial support from Wrights' RopesDYBRI/31/40

Directors : formal resignations, notifications and correspondenceDYBRI/31/41

Correspondence and other items; concerning the 150th anniversary of the firm in 1920DYBRI/31/42

Miscellaneous correspondence, newspaper cuttings and memoranda on advertising materialsDYBRI/31/43

Articles and memoranda on rope makingDYBRI/31/44

Photograph of J.T. Wright and eight other men whose names are given on the backDYBRI/31/45

Correspondence concerning a licence to manufacture wire rope by the method of Lang's patent, no. 138/1879DYBRI/31/46

Obituary of J.T. Wright, with a photograph from Birmingham Faces and Places vol 3, 1890-1891DYBRI/31/47

Portrait of the late J.T. Wright from The OwlDYBRI/31/48

Circular letter from David Rees of Ynyshir concerning his patent rope clip sketch of the clip; and letter stating selling pricesDYBRI/31/49

Correspondence and other items concerning the manufacture and patenting of tapered ropeDYBRI/31/50

Enoch Buttery, Wrights' rope works as I remember them seventy years agoDYBRI/31/51

'A Modern factory for an old-established firm : reinforced concrete factory for Messrs. J and E Wright Ltd., Birmingham' reprinted from Concrete and Constructional Engineering, June 1912DYBRI/31/52

'The art of rope making' reprinted from Kelly's Monthly Trade Review, 28 Sep 1923, 2 copies (the subject is J and E Wright Ltd)DYBRI/31/53

Pages from the in-letter book of F.W. Birtles of the Glasgow office of Wrights' RopesDYBRI/31/54

The Wire Rope Quarterly, issued by Marshall-Wells B C Ltd in conjunction with Wrights' Canadian RopesDYBRI/31/55

Birmingham Public Libraries, reference department, report on an enquiry for information about the history of Wrights' ropesDYBRI/31/56

Minute bookDYBRI/31/57

Annual accountsDYBRI/31/58

John Grimshaw, Bleaching textile fabrics no. 2089DYBRI/31/59

John Grimshaw, Machinery for laying ropes, no. 2651DYBRI/31/60

John Grimshaw, Making ropes, no. 4669DYBRI/31/61

James Buck Wilson, Manufacture of wire ropes, no. 12,835DYBRI/31/62

Henry Hanson, Manufacture and finish of cotton band, twine, rope, cordage etc. no. 3195DYBRI/31/63

James Lee, Driving belts, no. 306DYBRI/31/64

Simon Lilley, Fog signals, no. 950DYBRI/31/65

Robert Stirling Newall, Wire rope, no. 69DYBRI/31/66

John Lang, Wire ropes, no. 138DYBRI/31/67

John Howard Scott, Ropes and bands for driving machinery, no. 4221DYBRI/31/68

Andrew Smith Hallidie, Manufacture of wire ropes and cables, no. 5023DYBRI/31/69

Franz Carl Guilleaume, Wire ropes, no. 2827DYBRI/31/70

Henry Harris Lake, Manufacture of wire rope and machinery or apparatus therefor no. 2084DYBRI/31/71

Henry Robert Ingham Webster, Improvements in the construction of wire ropes, no. 14,183DYBRI/31/72

William Lloyd Wise, Improvements in apparatus for transporting loads by means of ropes or cables, no. 479DYBRI/31/73

William Lloyd Wise, Improvements in apparatus for transporting loads by means of hauling ropes or cables, no. 4426DYBRI/31/74

Robert Stirling Newall Improvements in flat wire rope, no. 4558DYBRI/31/75

William Tillett, Improved method of protecting and securing the fold over ends of flat wire ropes, no. 5531DYBRI/31/76

Arthur Thomas Boon, An improved coupling for uniting chains, ropes, cords, and other articles, no. 9086DYBRI/31/77

George Walton Westgarth, Improvements in the construction of round and sectional wire standed ropes, no. 2701DYBRI/31/78

Henry Robert Ingham Webster, Improvements in the construction of wire ropes, no. 11,702DYBRI/31/79

Reginald Walter Hewitt, Improvements in chains for cables for tramways and such like purposes, no. 9798DYBRI/31/80

James Thomas Selby, Improvements in wire ropes, no. 6319DYBRI/31/81

John Bernhart Smithman, An improved cable railway, tramway, or the like, no. 11,180DYBRI/31/82

William John Brewer, Improvement in and applicable to suspension cable tracks, no. 17,786 (provisional specification)DYBRI/31/83

William John Brewer, Improvements in and applicable to suspension tracks for overhead cable or railway systems, no. 19,102 (provisional specification)DYBRI/31/84

William Newby Colam, Improvements in and relating to cable tramways, no. 24,009 (provisional specification)DYBRI/31/85

Henry Harris Lake, Improvements in and relating to overhead or aerial railways, no. 9615DYBRI/31/86

Walter Badger Brown, Improvements in the manufacture of 'Lang's Lay' and other wire ropes, no. 15,058DYBRI/31/87

Edwin Neil, Improvements in apparatus for controlling the operation of the cable in cable tramways, no. 19,141DYBRI/31/88

James Haydock, Thomas Smith Jones and Abraham Richardson, Improvements in the method of and means employed for making and securing lopped joints in wire or wire rope, no. 19,754DYBRI/31/89

Charles John Banks, Improvements in the manufacture of wire ropes or cables no. 11,076DYBRI/31/90

Catalogue of wire ropes for engineering purposesDYBRI/31/91

Catalogue of wire ropes for engineering purposesDYBRI/31/92

Catalogue of wire rope attachmentsDYBRI/31/93

Catalogue titled, 'Wire ropes, illustrations and notes'DYBRI/31/94

CatalogueDYBRI/31/95

Abridged catalogueDYBRI/31/96

W.B. Brown and J. Loughran, Brown and Loughran's system of cable traction for towing upon canals, rivers and other waterwaysDYBRI/31/97

Unattributed RecordsDYBRI/32