Albert Jones (Textiles) Limited 1905 - 2023

Founded by Albert Jones, a rag trader, in 1905 in a building on Richmond Street. Albert Jones died in a Second World War bombing raid on Manchester in winter 1940 which also destroyed the building he worked from. He left the business to a staff member - Alfred Brunt. Mr Brunt continued under the name Albert Jones, moving the business to a nearby textile manufacturing building: 51/53 Richmond Street, Manchester. In 1963 Mounir Challah joined Mr Brunt at Albert Jones, merging his company M Challah Exports with Albert Jones to form Albert Jones (Textiles) Limited, which was incorporated in 1963. Mr Brunt died soon after and Mounir Challah continued to run the business from the same premises until his retirement. M Challah died in 2002 leaving the business to his son Abdul Challah, who joined the business on leaving education in 1975. Adbul had been working for the company since being a young man. In 2023 Adbul retired and closed the business.