Although not directly about Albert Shed, you may be interested to browse through the Minute Books of the Calf Hall Shed Company in Barnoldswick, which are posted on the oneguyfrombarlick website.
Edward Midgley (my grandfather) & Sons were tenants of Wellhouse Mill (1940 to 1960), which was owned by CHSC, which is how I came across this extraordinarily detailed resource for people interested in the Lancashire cotton industry.
The Minute Books (from 1889 to the 1960s) contain a lot of mundane adminstrative detail (concerns about tenancies, rents, repairs, insurance etc) but there is also information about the state of the cotton trade and working in a mill, especially in the earlier period. The transcriber, Stanley Challenger Graham, has added many interesting asides and clarifications in square brackets. Searching for opening square brackets is a quick way to find them!
This morning I could not immediately find the minutes for the earlier period. One way to get there is to follow my trail: google Wellhouse Mill, click on OneGuyFromBarlick • View topic - SIDEBOTTOM TENANCY AT WELLHOUSE MILLoneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=359&p=39159 You will then find my enquiry and further down a link to the Calf Hall Shed Company minutes (2 posts, one of which covers only the later period).
Happy reading! Ruth
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