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mobertol · 28-05-2012, 08:15

Has anyone got information on an engineering firm which I believe used to be in Clayton -called Dowty's? My Gt Grandfather sold a patent to them around the early 1930's. (I put the name in the Accyweb search box and see that there is a Dowty street somewhere in Accy).

Also if anyone knew anything about a mill/ factory that used to be in Atlas Street (top end of Clayton) which burned down, again in the early 1930's I believe. No name for this one unfortunately (might have been a weaving mill).

Thanks for any help

28-05-2012, 08:15	#1
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26229	Dowty's Has anyone got information on an engineering firm which I believe used to be in Clayton -called Dowty's? My Gt Grandfather sold a patent to them around the early 1930's. (I put the name in the Accyweb search box and see that there is a Dowty street somewhere in Accy). Also if anyone knew anything about a mill/ factory that used to be in Atlas Street (top end of Clayton) which burned down, again in the early 1930's I believe. No name for this one unfortunately (might have been a weaving mill). Thanks for any help __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence