Lancashire Cotton Spinners. A fortune made in the mills

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Deals with the firms of Kirkham & Mannock Ltd and Prockter & Co Ltd, cotton spinners and doublers at Oldham, and the intertwined roles in their development of the Mannock, Holden and Prockter families. Provides a narrative account but highlights the family dynamic in the prosperity and ultimate decline of the businesses. Has chapters: 'The founding on Kirkham & Mannock - William Mannock, 1825-89'; 'Ralph Holden, 1852-1916 - en energetic man of business'; 'Isaac Prockter, 1843-1916 - a solid man of business'; 'The complications of William Mannock's will'; 'Death of Ralph Holden, 1916 - a diversity of interests'; 'A matter of pressing concern'; 'Death of Isaac Prockter, 1916, and of Mary Ellen Prockter, 1932'; 'The golden years, the difficult years and an untimely death'; 'A consolidation of assets, activity in World War II, and a withdrawal from business'; 'Ralph Holden's other children'; 'An overlooked family connection'; 'The end of the firm'. Has family trees of the Mannock, Holden and Prockter families