fredaldous

Our story began in Manchester in 1886 with a man called Fred. Fred had two things -- a bright idea and a cracking beard. He had been working in a cotton mill, like many people in the city at the time, when he noticed that the cotton was being trundled around in baskets. This gave him the idea for a business -- he wanted to start importing the cane for the baskets from abroad. We, Fred Aldous Ltd, were born out of that idea.

We've grown a fair bit over the last 125 years but we still do what Fred, aka Fred the First, did all those years ago -- supply materials to people who make things.