75th Anniversary Souvenir.

C!. !!!!!iP75th Anniversary Souvenir.This little souvenir booklet is dedicated to all those who have workedwith the firm since it started. A family business operating in a villagemust be especially concerned with people, when not only the employees,but their families as well, are known.Over the years we have had some difficult times- two world wars, tworecessions- from the second of which we are only just recovering. But wehave had some happy social occasions too; and the photographs weshow here record some of them. Hopefully they will revive memories ofgood times spent together among friends.Those who have not been with us very long and are not included in thephotographs, can look forward to seeing themselves in the centenaryedition!Jack Tannerdl. ;;;;;;fl-.::iColonel Sir Gilbert Tanner,Sydney TannerHarold TannerDSO, DL. J.P.As this is a personal selection it is subject to errors and omissions. Maybethose shortcomings will not be noticed in the overall impression of afamily gathering spreading through three or four generations. We hopethat the spirit which has enlivened the past years can be generated in theyears to come.ROGER TANNERChairmanAugust 1986

Waterside Mill was built in 1836; and so, by coincidence, is 150 yearsold this year. Buckley Bros. ran it prosperously until 1911. St. Mary'sChurch, Greenfield was a fruit of this prosperity. It was sold in Aprilof that year to the four founders of Tanner Bros. whose family hadhitherto been managers of R.R. Whitehead, Royal George Mills,Greenfield since 1842 (Christ Church, Friezland, was built'by thatfirm.)

Most of 1911 was spent clearing out the mill of Spinning machineryand preparing it for weaving. It was not until 1912 that weaving gotunder way.The "new" weaving shed c.1972BrianJonesThe "old" weaving shed full of Platt Bros. looms. Now used fordoubling.WilfredSlaterBertCrabtree

BALANCE SHEETThe trading account for 1912-1913 shows a loss of 39. By 1914-15 itimproves to a profit of 3,607.The total cost of bobbins for the year 1913-14 was 8. Today they cost 8 each. But prices are relative, as an average mill wage then wasabout 1.50.113ff /.3 .4'.ft,/04,t::zrIl,/.!y-43 / t. 3.r .rII '/O /,:7.f/r 2.//./33 4" 2,.!fZ /y. /0;t .r!'.llfiJ L (l.la) 6 ,2. ./.71.llt.//.:4·./l.L,t/ .t;J. ,f , .r /;J/.- j/.lY, /J-rJ3/j // 1 s,(,///a,T' i.;,,. . .h.f · : · i.r I n,- l?y J',P/ /fi -- -- -- -I/, J,I . .t?.ro//.r, l.3,/!: /i'?iIfl /Y 2. ')7.J f //II II/'·f6'f:J(JIII J "'v I ' t"!./1/," · ·Ii·@r(l'r,IJ

CHRISTMAS PARTY 1958JamesWinterbottomPhilip BTannerPhyllisNoke1Mr. Pearce(M.D.Monarch Mill)BertSmith.CHRISTMAS PARTY 1965Albert HoldenSALLY POITER, THE FIRST WEAVER, AT A RECENT SOCIAL FUNCTION INTHE CIVIC HALL, UPPERMILL. WITH VERA PARKIN.FrankKennerleyJack SchofieldEdith BoothEdwinBarlowCliffordHarrisonStanleyBrown

Cl. pIrmaCadmanKathleenJonesTHE OFFICE AT WATERSIDE oothWARTH MILL, DIGGLE c.1958CHRISTMAS PARTY 1967WilfredT.A.P.SlaterTannerNora MoorhouseFred SmithR.J.R. TannerBarbaraButterworthIvy EvansMary ByromMaudGeorgeEvansMellorPhyllis NokeGeorge PownallJ.G. TannerDuring the 1920's the spread of motor transport was rapid; and in 192 the firm acquired Warth Mill, Diggle for the sole purpose of producingtyre fabric. In its heyday it was producing nearly 50 tonnes of tyre fabricevery week. It soon established a reputation for quality - with verydemanding customers - under Jim Winterbottom, who had becomegeneral manager; (and who invented a method of stretching the fabric bydesigning a cone roller on doubling machinery). Fifty years later we arestill arguably the best producers in the trade, even with changes in rawmaterials, through rayon and nylon. Indeed, during the last twentyyears, we have had hardly any rolls rejected, which does great credit toall concerned.

rr,J.Jim Winterbottom, with Tom Potts, who succeeded him, at the start ofa Christmas Party.MARCH 1970PRESENTATION TO Mr. T. POTTS ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM WARTH.FrontBuckleyAliceT.A.P. TannerFred HawkenBrian HiltonTom PottsWARTH MILL CANTEEN STAFFMay Castle1949Annie Holroyd

pCl.CHRISTMAS PARTY 1966Back isCatherinePerrinLADIES CRICKET TEAM, MAY 1934Back row (left to yEmilyWroeIvyBrennandFront RowTrixieDawsonTYRE CORD DEPARTMENTAliceSchofieldEvaSlaterM. SchofieldK MasoodF. Ali Madris- R. MamoodAliRETIREMENT OF SYD CHARLTON 1986SydCharltonA. MahmoodM. Rafi PeterJacquesTerryStoker

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On April 5th1966, an oldelectric motorcaught fire inthe top room atWaterside Mill,and soon thewhole of theroof was ablaze.VISIT TO GOODYEAR 1949Back row (left to right)XGeorgeWinterbottomMiddle lfredSlaterXJackHarrisonXT. TannerArthurCookeHaroldCrosslandGoodyear TeamJimRoylanceBertCrablreeBen X FrankSykesXCharlie XXCrosslandBowersXXXXFront row (seated) left t-0 rightStuartSorsbyJ. TannerR. CharltonFOOTBALL TEAM GarlickJimTranterWith a woodenceiling under drawing theroof supportedby wooden rooftrusses, the toptwo floorsbecame aninferno.But because ofthe brickarched ceilingsthe floors heldthe machineryfrom fallingdown below;and productionreturned in aremarkablyshort space oftime.

pAUG 1986FrontJeff Booth, Muriel Parkin, Rene Morris, Vivienne Rhodes, Audrey Hallam, Tracey Whittaker, ElaineWalker, Colin Boult, Edith Booth, Doreen Gateley, Veronica Beresford, Anne Sumner, Beryl Platt,Diane King, Nancy Bilton, Ann Lloyd, Joyce Collier, Helen Sullivan, Irma Cadman, Julia Hoskin,Hannah iiifiFIRE AND FLOODThe weaving shed at Warth Mill was built over the river. In 1955 andagain in 1964 the river flooded and burst through the floor of theweaving shed, causing such a mess as only floodwater can.Fred Hawken, George Mellor, Peter Jacques, Pat Brown, Ann Snailham, Pauline McDonald, IvorChristopher, Arthur Dodd, Ralph Bowler, Abdul Rahman, Arthur Brookes, Bill Caveney, MargaretJohnson, Jacqueline Roebuck, Janice Esposito, Derek Lowe, Kevin Lowe, Margaret Knott, AntoinettaNykorak, Alison Dolan, Jean Gaylard, Joan Darraugh, Bill Taylor, Kathryn McErlain, M. Asif, MarjorieGarside, Peter North, Dorothy Delaney, Anne Robinson, R. Mahmood, S. Bahadur, M. Ali, Dai Mistry,Peter Williams.BackF.J.T. Tanner, Gordon Crick, Wilfred Hawkin, John Broadbent, Stefan Kozlyk, A. Jabbar, WayneStewart, David Appleby, David Beesley, Andrew Rhodes, Derek Robinson, Michael Fahy, JohnSchofield, Leslie Stokes, Andrew Hansford, Andrew Clayton, Alan Chamberlain, Stephen McErlain,Stuart Davies, Kathleen Lambert, Arthur Brookes, Graham Platt, Alan Wild, Michael Platt, AlbertBeesley, Nigel Parkin, Geoffrey Mather, M. Rafi, L.A. Butt, R.J.R. Tanner, G. Yasian, A. Mahmood, F.Ali, M. Narjeed.

THE SHOP, RUN BY PHYLLIS NOKE 19751986M. Ashraf, D. English, M. Harley, F. Hus ain, M. Akhi, E. Wriggle worth, S. Hamyun, M. Iqbal,M. Zahoor, A. Qyam, A. Ali, M. AsrafCl.THE CANTEEN 1976Opened in 1948, it was also for many years the scene of theAnnual Christmas parties.BEER WALK FOR CHARITY - erDavidTannerKevinLoweNicolaSchofield

C!. PLooking east up the valley past the mill dam.Obtaining photographs has not been easy, and some people we wanted toinclude, we were not able. Nevertheless, it is hoped you may enjoy somerecord of a very important part of all our lives, in a small business in asmall village in a small part of the industrial world. And, whatever theysay in the newspapers - here, at least, hardworking, conscientious andvery human - may the future justify everybody's efforts.

that the spirit which has enlivened the past years can be generated in the years to come. ROGER TANNER Chairman . Greenfield was a fruit of this prosperity. It was sold in April . Graham Platt, Alan Wild, Michael Platt, Albert Beesley, Nigel Parkin, Geoffrey Mathe