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1855
EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY
OF ALL NATIONS, 1851
The text reads as follows:

EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS 1851

I hereby certify that Her Majesty's Commissionners
upon the award of the jurors have presented a prize medal to
Messrs. J. Holdsworth & Co.
for Damasks and their Furiture Cloths
shown in the Exhibition
Hyde Park, London, 15th October 1851
Signed: Albert, President. (Prince Consort.)

Link 1: Albert, Prince Consort

Link 2: Great Exhibition 1851

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Chamber of Commerce, Halifax, 1905

Halifax Incorporated Chamber of Commerce
43rd AGM, 25th January, 1905
The text reads as follows:

Halifax Incorporated Chamber of Commerce
At the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Members of the Chamber
held on the 25th day of January 1905.
It was unanimously Resolved that this Chamber hereby places
on record, its thanks and appreciation of the services rendered by
C Holdsworth Esq. J.P.
in the discharge of his duties as President during the last two years.
His business capabilities and courtesy to the Members of the Chamber combined with tart
and good judgement, have rendered his term of office as pleasant to the Members
as it has been useful to the trade of the district.

J.H. Murgatroyd, President

J. Roberstshaw, Secretary

Link 1: Clement Holdsworth, J.P.

Merchant Furnishing Department 1906
Merchant Furnishing Department
Disposal to John Sharman, Carlton St., Halifax
by John Holdsworth & Co
31 Oct 1906
Merchant Furnishing Department 1906
Merchant Furnishing Department
Succession of John Sharman, Carlton St., Halifax
from John Holdsworth & Co
1 Nov 1906
1914
British Made Goods for Upholstery Purposes
Loyal Message
from John Holdsworth & Co
1914
1914
Khaki Yarns
Appeal to users of Worsted Yarns
from John Holdsworth & Co
1914
1914
British Made Goods for Upholstery Purposes
Beware of German Moquettes
Warning to the Trade from John Holdsworth & Co
1917

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Steam Engine at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1920
Steam Engine

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
1920
Spinning, Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1920
Spinning
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
1920
Loom and Creel, Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1920
Loom and Creel
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
1920

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  The Clock Tower and weaving sheds at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Clock Tower and weaving sheds; note the car!
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Clock Tower and weaving sheds at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Clock Tower and weaving sheds
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
View from Weaving Shed at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
View of mills from roof of Weaving Shed
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Shaw Lodge Mills viewed from Siddal
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Offices at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Offices, built 1865
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Office Hallway at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
The Office Hallway
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Showroom in the Offices at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Showroom in the Offices
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Design Room in the Offices at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Design Room in the Offices
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Drawing Slivers of Wool at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Drawing Slivers of Wool
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Spinning Frames at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Spinning Frames
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Winding Bobbins of Wool at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Winding Bobbins of Wool
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Warp Dressing at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Warp Dressing
on 'Bradford Dressing Frames'
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Weaving Shed at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Weaving Shed
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Creels at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Creels
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Weaver at his Loom at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Weaver at his Loom
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Mending at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Mending
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Cropping at Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933
Cropping
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1933

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Shaw Lodge Mills and canal viewed from Siddal ca. 1900
Shaw Lodge Mills and canal, viewed from Siddal
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
ca. 1900
Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax, 1900
Shibden Mill Inn, Halifax
1900
St. Mark's School and Church, Siddal, Halifax
St. Mark's School and Church
Siddal, Halifax

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Spring Hall, Halifax 1914
Spring Hall, Halifax
1916
Spring Hall, Halifax 1916
Doctors and nusring staff, Spring Hall, Halifax
1916
Shaw Lodge, Halifax 1917
Shaw Lodge, Halifax
Annex to Spring Hall Hospital at that time
1917
Shay Workshop Competition - Winners 1933
Shay Workshop Competition - Winners 1933
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax

Harry Tordoff, A. Hind, L. Whitehead, E. Cockroft,
J. Farrar

J. Hanson, H. Bottomley, Ernest Bannister, W. Wood,
Cyril Francis

Mr. Arthur Smith, Squire Bannister, Walter Meskimmon,
Harold Fawthrop, Walter Townend, A. King,
Mr. Arthur Holdsworth-Groom (Director)
1933

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