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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
What sort of tool? This was a sports outfitters and maker of sporting equipment. Edward John Riley's firm became a limited company in 1897 and had a factory on Dale St (?) near Willows Lane. It was called the Willows works. Had a shop on Little Blackburn Rd. It was a nationally-famned company. Later moved to Padiham. Now extinct I think.
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Think it was taken over Bob, sure I still see the Riley logo on TV Comps but maybe wrong