Reference number
  • BDF
Date
  • 1895-1907
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Half-yearly reports, 1895-1907.
Extent
  • 1 box (2 items)
Admin history
  • The Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association was formed in Bolton in 1866 after the Lancashire cotton famine. The name was expanded to the Bleachers', Dyers' and Finishers' Association, Bolton Amalgamation in 1892, after the union had expanded. In 1901 it was renamed the Operative Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association, Bolton Amalgamation. In 1936 it amalgamated with the National Union of Textile Workers and the Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Bleachers, Finishers and Kindred Trades to form the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers. This amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1982.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • See also MSS.126/DBT (National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers). The main archives of the Operative Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers' Association, Bolton Amalgamation are held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford.