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  • 4th August 2016 at 10:19 #277
    Chris Bennett
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    Mill Vale Paper Mill
    Address Horwich, Lancashire,
    Nat Grid Location SD 635111
    Companies Cooke & Nuttall Ltd
    English Mill Excise No 573
    Status Shut during 1970 to 2015
    Est. Papermaking Start Date 1862
    Date Closed 1-Oct-1983
    Links
    Link1 http://www.blackrod.org.uk/industry_candn.html
    Link2 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/0d1aaa16-e34d-4a0d-9b54-729094f8b081

    15th February 2017 at 18:36 #649
    McAinscough
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    I remember Cooke & Nuttall paper mill in Horwich very well. My father, John Ralph Ainscough, started work there in 1939 as a laboratory assistant and, after being demobbed from the RAF in 1946 and working at the Edward Collins paper mill in Glasgow, returned to Horwich in 1955, becoming Chief Chemist at Cooke & Nuttall. The mill was reached by a narrow lane (Star Lane) running off Crown Lane, and I visited the laboratory and the machine rooms several times between 1951 and 1957.

    7th June 2018 at 12:10 #839
    michaelhough
    Participant

    This mill was known as Cooke & Nuttall Ltd and the address was Vale Paper Mills, Star Lane, Horwich, Lancashire. The mill closed in December 1980 after several years of unprofitable trading. After many years the site was eventually redeveloped for housing with the entirely inappropriate name of Butterwick Fields.

    The site and water supply were also shared with 2 cotton bleaching works – Star Bleaching and Jolly & Jackson which later formed part of the Bleachers Association.

    26th October 2025 at 16:20 #1665
    michaelhough
    Participant

    Further to my last post I have written about my recollections of working in the mill during school and university holidays. These can be read on the Horwich Heritage Centre website – click on Looking Back for the article. I am hoping to update with more details about the mill and its people soon.

    26th October 2025 at 17:51 #1666
    Chris Bennett
    Keymaster

    Hi Michael

    Many thanks for your input.

    I had a good look – it’s a great record of a historic mill.

    I have to admit your specific article was not easy to find on the site, so here is the link.

    https://horwichheritage.co.uk/looking-back2.php#nandc

    Regards

     

    16th December 2025 at 11:13 #1672
    michaelhough
    Participant

    Chris – found your reply in my very old email box quite by chance: can you update my email to          xxxxxxx

    Have nearly finished my latest version of my C & N recollections – how do I send you the file?

    Regards

    • This reply was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by Chris Bennett. Reason: Removed email from public view
    16th December 2025 at 12:39 #1675
    Chris Bennett
    Keymaster

    Hi Michael

    Thanks for getting in touch. I’ve changed your email address and also removed the new one from your post for your security.

    However, the emails sent to the address given are being returned:

    The following address failed:

        michaelhough1950@yahoo.com:

            SMTP error from remote server for TEXT command, host: mta5.am0.yahoodns.net (67.195.228.110) reason: 552 1 Requested mail action aborted, mailbox not found

    Presumably, there’s a problem in it.

    It would be great to have your new article on the forum. If it is less than 4 MB you can attach it to a post on the forum. If it’s bigger, then let me know.

    Many thanks

    Chris

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