AGM for the year ending 31 December 1956 held at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London
The seventy-third year of the Society has progressed under the leadership of the President, Mr Clifford Paine.
The Society of Dyers & Colourists is a charity registered in England & Wales, plus a Royal Chartered body. This History section of the new website is a large work in progress as we scan documents and upload them, plus gather information that is not always directly evident from just a photograph for example. Please do come back regularly to see what additions and refinements have been made.
The seventy-third year of the Society has progressed under the leadership of the President, Mr Clifford Paine.
On the recommendation of the Society’s Medals Committee, Council awarded the Perkin Medal posthumously to the late WH Carothers for the discovery of nylon. The Perkin Medal was also awarded to John R Whinfield CBE MA FRIC for the discovery of Terylene.
The Annual Dinner, held in Leeds on 1 April 1955, was the event where the Medals would have been presented.
The seventy-second year of the Society has progressed under the leadership of the President, Fred Smith, Fellow, who for over forty-two years has been in office in one form or other serving the interests of the Society.