Records of John Lyle & Co Ltd, carpet manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland 1883-1998

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Records of John Lyle & Co Ltd, carpet manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland 1883-1998

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John Lyle & Co Ltd (carpet manufacturers : 1853-1991 : Glasgow, Scotland)

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Born in Kilbarchan, Johnstone, John Lyle started his employment at the Templeton carpet factory in Glasgow in 1839. In 1853, having become a factory foreman, John decided to leave and establish his own carpet and rug manufacturing business in Bridgeton, Glasgow. John Lyle & Co began trading from a factory in Crownpoint Road, Glasgow, and then moved to the Bloomvale factory on Fordneuk Street, Glasgow, in 1868. Following the death of its founder in 1888, the company c...

John Lyle & Co Ltd, 1853-1991, Glasgow, Scotland

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