bearob 2 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 I used to work at a small curtain factory during the Uni Summer holidays (30 yrs ago). I'm sure the factory was in the Lace Market. I just can't remember what the company was called. Can any one enlighten me? I'd love to be able to remember the name of the company. It was very small. Maybe a dozen to 20 workers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Maybe a stupid question but did they make lace curtains as opposed to ordinary material ones ? Some older names were Fleirsheim , Levin, Binch ......maybe some of the guys with directories for the 60s can help out . Another name I remember was Minsons . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Mmm those names don't ring any bells. I can only remember them making fabric curtains (I had the job of hand sewing hems up! ) :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I have a large(ish) scale map two feet to the mile of the area & there are tens of lace, hosiery & ilk factories in the area. I'll Go through some of directories over the week end. I'm busy tomorrow but I'll see what I can find Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I have found two companies listed in my 1950 Kelly's as curtain factories Roylat manufacturing company 1/3 St Mary's Gate W.H. Hurcomb & Co Ltd 19 Stoney Street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liffglass 0 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 I used to work at a small curtain factory during the Uni Summer holidays (30 yrs ago). I'm sure the factory was in the Lace Market. I just can't remember what the company was called. Can any one enlighten me? I'd love to be able to remember the name of the company. It was very small. Maybe a dozen to 20 workers. 1 worked for gw pryce lace manufacturers i worked in the office we sent lace all over the world the lace was made in the factory dyed to certain tastes and shipped out some large sizes and also strips of lace but it was i think the largest lace company in nottingham, arthur ridlington Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Welcome liffglass Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I have recently walked extensively round and round the lace market (Broadway side and Stoney Street side) to see if I recognized where the place might have been ........ where the heck was it, what was the name of the company? I can remember getting up to get the bus from Carrington, and though i have wracked and wracked my brains, I cannot remember the route I took to get to the place. This would have been about 1981 ..... I suppose I'm clutching at straws here, but I really, really need to be able to remember what this company was. I'm almost certain I went up some stairs and the 'factory' was in one largish room, with not many workers - about a dozen machine sewers and about 3 of us hand stitching up hems. The owner would have been about in his late thirties or maybe forties. Can *anyone* please throw any light .... I'd be really grateful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 The probably have contemporary Yellow Pages at Nottinghamshire Archives Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 The probably have contemporary Yellow Pages at Nottinghamshire Archives That's a good point. Many thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riddo 47 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Bearob, my dad worked for yonks for a lace curtain manufacturer in the Lace Market - R.E.Ashworth, on Stoney Street. They moved (early '90s?) to the small industrial site opposite Wickes on Mansfield Rd in Daybrook, just up from The Old Spot pub. I remember they had a slogan printed on the bags that the curtains were packed in - "Sunenta Lace, for beauty & grace". How's that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Thanks Riddo. I don't remember them ever making lace curtains. These were those velvet curtains that were very fashionable in the 80s. I think all the curtains they manufactured were velvet (or at least fabric). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 "Velvet" curtains were probably Velour? It was a knitted fabric made from cotton or polyester. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vic49 6 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I have a large(ish) scale map two feet to the mile of the area & there are tens of lace, hosiery & ilk factories in the area. I'll Go through some of directories over the week end. I'm busy tomorrow but I'll see what I can find I am a recent new member, Following on from this discussion, I hav an old original ordnance survey map circa late 1800's of the Lacemarker area and castle. It is 1:500 scale and detail is extraordinary. I can provide a scanned copy to anyone interested at cost. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 "Velvet" curtains were probably Velour? It was a knitted fabric made from cotton or polyester. Not velour - velvet - you can't make curtains with knitted fabrics - they will sag or stretch. The velvet fabric could have been polyester or cotton, but definitely woven - not knitted :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearob 2 Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 R.E. Ashworths! YEY!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raybo 28 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 1 worked for gw pryce lace manufacturers i worked in the office we sent lace all over the world the lace was made in the factory dyed to certain tastes and shipped out some large sizes and also strips of lace but it was i think the largest lace company in nottingham, arthur ridlington I worked for that company as a young man but I thought it was G.W. Price but I may be wrong, I was in charge of the grey stock and would often be sent to dyers like Hicking&Pentecost (now the site of Hooters restaurant and apartments) I took samples of lace to them for dye testing and went to pick them up later. I wonder if you were there at the same time as me? I left about 1964 but I do remember going on a day trip to Hunstanton and there were only about four lads on the bus the rest girls it was a wonderful day out. Do you remember Elsie up on the top floor?, she was like a mother to me but often gave me a clip round the ear for getting into mischief and that was often. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, Raybo. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,120 Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Welcome to the forum Raybo. Enjoy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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