Drycleaning firm sold to Taylor's

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33959, 27 September 1975, Page 17

Drycleaning firm sold to Taylor's

Taylor's Drycleaning' and Laundry Sendees, 1 Ltd, has bought the drycleaning business of the , Christchurch firm, Clouston’s Drycleaners, Ltd. This would substantially i increase Christchurch dry-! 1 cleaning operations, the chairman of directors of Taylor's ■ (Mr D. Taylor) said. If depots of both firms were in the same shopping area, one of the depots would be closed 1 down to avoid duplication, he i said. In the meantime, Clous- . ton’s would continue to trade under its present name. The present manager of ! ; Clouston’s (Mr T. Smither) 'i

will join Taylor’s, in charge of the drycleaning section. Taylor’s was founded in 1876 in Oxford Terrace by John Henry Taylor. He later moved to Napier, and then Ito Dunedin, where he started (another business. After World I War I. Mr Taylor returned Ito Christchurch, where he ! settled and carried on the business. The laundry service was started in about 1926. Clouston's Drycleahers was established by Mr Rogerson Clouston in the late 19405. He opened factories at Epsom Road, Sockburn. and later Retreat Road, Avonside. In 1956, he built the present premises in Princess Street, Riccarton, ! and brought the factories Together.