| Activity | The Botany Mill Weaving Company was established in 1940, by Miss Marcelle Ritchie and Alexander Lees, at Botany Mill, Galashiels, as manufacturers and sellers of woollen and worsted cloth. The company became incorporated as a limited company in 1945, taking over all the holdings of the original company. The shareholders were Alexander Lees, Sarah Ellen Lees and David Kemp Colledge. |