E Raffles and Co.
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E. Raffles and Co. was a large clothing and textile factory in the mid-20th century in Ancoats, Manchester. Founded by Emanuel Raffles, it employed as many as a thousand workers. The factory occupied part of Brunswick Mill at 2 Bradford Road, Manchester as well as the neighbouring EMKA Works towards Beswick Road (now mostly demolished). Raffles had cutting rooms in the upper section of Brunswick Mill where the pattern cut cloth was fed by carousel and conveyor to the sewing rooms in the lower section of the adjacent building. The Raffles family sold the business in the 1970s and it closed in the early 1980s.
The kindness of Emanuel, known as 'Old Man Raffles' is referred to in Jeanette Winterson's book 'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?'. The book also mentions the high quality of clothing produced at Raffles, enabling it to become the main supplier of raincoats to Marks & Spencer.
Emanuel Raffles was one of the founders of Manchester's Whitefield Golf Club in 1932, set up as a reaction to the
References
'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?', Jeanette Winterson, 2011, pub. Jonathan Cape,
External links
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/suemcloughlin/2408230868/ Factory Sign on derelict wall E Raffles and Co ca. 2005
- http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=8417&start=1&crit=fireproof&large=1 Photo Brunswick mill ca.2002
- Brunswick Mill, Ancoats
- http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1003703/ Eric Raffles Beech Baron plane Heathrow 1970
- http://www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/carminegrimshaw CG, born in Ancoats, memory of the Raffles Factory (1978–1980)
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/74784995@N00/6331859763/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Poem 'Mills of Ancoats' by CG (Carmine Grimshaw)
- http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1031822_flamboyant_fundraiser_raffles_dies10037 Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today
- http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/36719/why-its-rough-times-jewish-golf-club*