Tuesday 1st July 2014
Mrs Gil Alder has contacted dannyhowell.net
She writes ~
“I found your very interesting history of Wilton carpet factory on-line and was wondering if you know of any way of finding out if Lt. Col. Frederick Bailey of Lake House, Wilsford was ever a director of the factory.
I have been researching his family and their Wiltshire connections and someone told me that he was a director around the 1930s or 1940s (he died in 1951) but I have been unable to verify this.
Do you know any way that I could confirm or refute this claim?
Many thanks in anticipation.”
Danny Howell replies ~
“Thank you Gil for your enquiry.
I have no personal knowledge about whether Lt. Col. Bailey was a director of Wilton Carpet Factory but your first port of call to find out will be the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
They have quite a lot of documents for Wilton Carpet Factory including:
Directors’ Minutes, Annual Reports and Accounts, for the years 1905 to 1920 (catalogue number 2583/102/1)
1921 to 1934 (catalogue number 2583/102/2)
1934 to 1945 (catalogue number 2583/102/3)
1945 to 1977 (catalogue number 2583/102/4)
I presume if Lt. Col. Bailey was a director he would have attended board meetings and his attendance or apology for lack of attendance would be minuted.
The Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre is at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN.
Telephone: 01249 705500.
Email: archives@wiltshire.gov.uk
Good luck with your quest. Best wishes, Danny Howell.”