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Does anyone live in Dartford?

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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 18 Jul 2016 09:27

welcome to the boards Doreen :-)

this is a very old posting - you could try messaging the poster through this site by clicking on her name - if she still has the same email address she should get it.

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Doreen

Doreen Report 18 Jul 2016 01:08

There are two lovely photos of young women in a book called Victorian working women. Portraits from life .author Michael Hiley. Apparently on the back of the photo it said they are women who worked at the Dartford Paper Mill 1863. Sadly no name of the girls. .a book I recommend to read.
Kinds regards Doreen

Rachel

Rachel Report 24 Mar 2007 14:05

I'd already found that but thankyou so much for your help, Rachel

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 24 Mar 2007 11:48

If you Google... 'Daily Telegraph Paper Mills+Dartford'....there are quite a few results come up. This is copied and pasted from one:- Dartford's paper industry got off to a reasonable start at the beginning of the century but then underwent a progressive decline. The London Paper Mills Company based at the Riverside Mills, Dartford, were formed back in 1889. A new mill was built close to Dartford Creek. The five paper machines installed produced approximately 250 tons of paper per week. The mills were taken over by Reeds in 1909 with an emphasis on the production of high-grade printing papers. Production doubled to over 400 tons a week. The mills employed about 500 people in the 1930s producing special paper for photographic printing, office paper, envelopes and stationery. The Daily Telegraph Mill (formerly the Ettrick Forest Mill founded in 1862) survived until the 1930s as The Dartford Paper Mills Ltd. and was then taken over by Wiggins Teape. These mills employed about 700 workers and produced a wide range of newsprint, chemical wood pulp papers used in offices, and special papers used in the confectionary industry. Dartford's Greasproof Paper Mills opened in 1933. Later taken over by Joseph Rank Ltd., the mill was closed in 1957 -------------- If you put the same thing into Google Images, there is a photo of some Daily Telegraph Paper Mill workers from 1875. Kath. x

Rachel

Rachel Report 24 Mar 2007 11:42

I'm really interested in the Daily Telegraph paper mills and would love info about it. I know they have got photo's in books at the library, I've also been told that some of the mill houses still exsist and that on Priory Road North there is an old office building inscribed with the words ' Daily Telegraph Paper Mills'. Any help much appreciated.