Collection of business records for Hardman and Holden Ltd

Collection of business records, including minute books, accounts, articles of association, site valuations, site plans, trade literature, photographs, wage rates and details of the company pension and life insurance scheme. The documents detail the period 1916-1998 and give an overview of the operation of the business, its clients and the products manufactured at the Hardman & Holden Clayton site. The collection also provides evidence of the changes that have happened to the built environment in Clayton and Miles Platting, where the company had a second plant.