Rochdale area telephone directory 1906 - page 2
In 1906 telephony was still in many ways in its infancy - the final takeover of the National Telephone Company by the Post Office was still a few years away and telephones were mostly for business, residential numbers being rare. This page (C - I) has some more old established Rochdale companies, many of which survived for me to remember them in the 1960s. James Duckworth's - known locally as 'Jimmy Ducks' - were a grocery chain that latterley had branches over a swathe of Lancashire - their HQ is shown as well as Mr James and Mr James Jnr's home numbers. It is a bit like finding Lord Sainsbury's home number in the directory! One company name that is still going is that of Holyroyd, J, Perseverance - Holroyds were to merge with Renolds gears in 1964 but the name still survives in the world of transmissions. A name that has vanished but that a fragment survives is the Ellenroad Spinning Company - the mighty mill engine that powered the works in Newhey has survived in preservation.
Rochdale area telephone directory 1906 - page 2
In 1906 telephony was still in many ways in its infancy - the final takeover of the National Telephone Company by the Post Office was still a few years away and telephones were mostly for business, residential numbers being rare. This page (C - I) has some more old established Rochdale companies, many of which survived for me to remember them in the 1960s. James Duckworth's - known locally as 'Jimmy Ducks' - were a grocery chain that latterley had branches over a swathe of Lancashire - their HQ is shown as well as Mr James and Mr James Jnr's home numbers. It is a bit like finding Lord Sainsbury's home number in the directory! One company name that is still going is that of Holyroyd, J, Perseverance - Holroyds were to merge with Renolds gears in 1964 but the name still survives in the world of transmissions. A name that has vanished but that a fragment survives is the Ellenroad Spinning Company - the mighty mill engine that powered the works in Newhey has survived in preservation.