Dyson
A family name

It was in the days of handloom weaving in the valley's hillside cottages that Mr. James Dyson
opened a small dyehouse on the site of the present premises at Holye Ing in 1860. For James Dyson, a working dyer, and the handful of men he employed, those were long and exciting days.

One of Dyson's 'Delivery Wagons' 1932.

His capacity for hard work was passed on by the founder of the firm to his two sons, Mr. Herbert G. Dyson and Mr. James Richard Dyson, who entered the business in 1903.

While Herbert was out getting orders for the firm, James Richard, like his father before him, donned clogs and overalls to work side by side with his workforce in the dyehouse.

During the First World War the Hoyle Ing premises, Linthwaite (near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) were enlarged to meet the demands of the expanding industry.

In 1948, the business was converted to a private company. On James Richard Dyson's death in 1957 the company passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Mr. George Stanley Shaw Sykes.
The Dyson Story

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Dyson 'Delivery Wagon' in Huddersfield Town Centre 1952