Reference number
  • BOC
Date
  • 1886-1912
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Annual reports 1886-1912
Extent
  • 1 box
Admin history
  • Formed in 1882 by the amalgamation of the United Cotton Spinners of Bolton and the Bolton Self-Actor Minders' Society. It had branches in Manchester, Leigh, Farnworth, Atherton and Reddish, with Chorley and Tyldesley joining in 1883 and Hindley and Pendlebury in 1885. It had 2,757 members in 1912. Renamed the Bolton Provincial Association of Operative Spinners and Twiners sometime after 1912.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • See also MSS.466, MSS.467, MSS.474 and MSS.477. Other papers relating to the cotton textile industry are located in the Modern Records Centre in the papers of the Transport and General Workers Union (MSS.126/TG).