The Jacqmar Special entering Burnley, Lancashire - from Transport Age 11, October 1959
During 1959 the London based textile manufacturers of Hebe Jacqmar were offered incentives to relocate to the heart of the traditional textile industry in Burnley, Lancashire. This relocation is mentioned in debates in the House of Parliament as they turned down a factory in South Wales as the rent was too high and went, instead, to an existing mill in Burnley, North East Lancashire also being covered by the "Distribution of Industries Act". I wonder if this had helped persuade Belling, the Enfield, London, based manufacturer of electrical appliances to open their vast works in the town in 1955? At around the time Burnley also was to appear in the list of "Expanded Towns" that the London County Council/Greater London Council developed as part of their New Town and overspill policies.
The company are famous for their highly collectable 'Jacqmar' scarves. This 1959 article, from he British Transport Commission's magazine 'Transport Age' describes the move, by special train, of the factory, stock, machinery and (in sleeping cars) the staff. I wonder what they made of Burnley that morning having dozed off at Willesden Junction the night before! The image shows the chartered train pulling in to a typical Lancashire mill town scene of factories, chimneys and terraced houses. I suspect this is looking south with Ashfield Rd on the left? The train is double headed.
The Jacqmar Special entering Burnley, Lancashire - from Transport Age 11, October 1959
During 1959 the London based textile manufacturers of Hebe Jacqmar were offered incentives to relocate to the heart of the traditional textile industry in Burnley, Lancashire. This relocation is mentioned in debates in the House of Parliament as they turned down a factory in South Wales as the rent was too high and went, instead, to an existing mill in Burnley, North East Lancashire also being covered by the "Distribution of Industries Act". I wonder if this had helped persuade Belling, the Enfield, London, based manufacturer of electrical appliances to open their vast works in the town in 1955? At around the time Burnley also was to appear in the list of "Expanded Towns" that the London County Council/Greater London Council developed as part of their New Town and overspill policies.
The company are famous for their highly collectable 'Jacqmar' scarves. This 1959 article, from he British Transport Commission's magazine 'Transport Age' describes the move, by special train, of the factory, stock, machinery and (in sleeping cars) the staff. I wonder what they made of Burnley that morning having dozed off at Willesden Junction the night before! The image shows the chartered train pulling in to a typical Lancashire mill town scene of factories, chimneys and terraced houses. I suspect this is looking south with Ashfield Rd on the left? The train is double headed.