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Asbestos was the quarterly magazine of Turner Brothers Asbestos Company of Rochdale, England, then Britain's largest asbestos maker, written for its staff, its workpeople and its customers. These are the four issues of 1919, Volume 2, free to read online or download. The index below lists their articles by topic; each entry opens the issue at its page.
- Series
- Asbestos (Turner Brothers), Volume 2
- Date
- 1919
- Rights
- Published 1918–1920 by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd., Rochdale, England; in the public domain. Scanned by Google from the New York Public Library's copy.
The issues
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January
52 pp. · PDF, 4.9 MB
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April
40 pp. · PDF, 4.4 MB
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July
36 pp. · PDF, 5.1 MB
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October
44 pp. · PDF, 3.5 MB
Index of articles
The magazine printed no index of its own. AsbestosClaims.Law compiled this one from each issue's contents, under topic headings like those of our other magazine indexes. The issues number their pages through the volume, and page numbers here are the printed ones; where a page carries none (the covers and inserts), it is counted from the cover.
No articles match.
Company History
- Spotland, by Edmund Ogden Jan. 1919, p. 40
- Spotland, II, by Edmund Ogden Apr. 1919, p. 76
- Spotland, III, by Edmund Ogden Oct. 1919, p. 141
Dust, Health & Safety
Editorials & Essays
- Thoughts from the Editor's Fireside: the magazine's first anniversary, the peace, and the education of the working classes against revolution Jan. 1919, p. 1
- Editorial notes: greetings; government and industry; paying the war bill; high wages and maximum production; collectivism; the position of the skilled man; Tom Mann; Empire builders; letters from Belfast and China; paper-saving ideas Jan. 1919, p. 4
- Man the martyr, by Samuel Turner Jan. 1919, p. 8
- Socialism: a social disease. Mortality 100% Jan. 1919, p. 11
- Bolshevism, the end of civilisation: a neutral diplomatist's warning Jan. 1919, p. 19
- The patriotism of work, by Herbert N. Casson Jan. 1919, p. 23
- Psalms of the West: reconstruction, by B. R. Walmsley Jan. 1919, p. 42
- Thoughts from the Editor's Fireside: the "Welfare" movement and why workers ridicule it; wages up and prices down; craftsmen as leaders and charge-hands Apr. 1919, p. 49
- Editorial notes: Bolshevism; "Unsolicited" No. 2 and the question what is labour; a state document Apr. 1919, p. 52
- "Looking backward": labour in medieval England and the modern worker Apr. 1919, p. 57
- Thoughts from the Editor's Fireside: Tom Mann's call for revolution, the weavers' secretary's reassurance, and the duties of capital and labour July 1919, p. 85
- Editorial notes: the League of Nations; coal nationalisation; freedom and the worker; welfare work; the air age; news from the Argentine; what others say of "Asbestos" July 1919, p. 88
- The new "education question" July 1919, p. 95
- The civilisation of Britain, by Herbert Morley, LL.B. July 1919, p. 96
- "The impoverishment of the poor", by F. Clegg July 1919, p. 97
- Leadership, by A. Rowland-Entwistle July 1919, p. 108
- Thoughts from the Editor's Fireside: "Quo vadis?" Direct action and the I.L.P. Oct. 1919, p. 118
- Editorial notes: the 55½-hours proposal; nationalisation; the profiteering assize; Bolshevism and labour; an Anglo-American partnership; physical training; more news from the Argentine; allotments; "Asbestos" praised by The Organiser; letters to the sales managers; holiday yarns Oct. 1919, p. 122
Labour & Industrial Relations
- Deplorable strikes: a Labour leader's warning (W. A. Appleton) Jan. 1919, p. 10
- A warning to labour, by Robert Blatchford ("Nunquam") Apr. 1919, p. 54
- Bolshevism, by R. Turner (British Workers' League) Apr. 1919, p. 59
- "Freedom" and the worker July 1919, p. 93
- Trade unionism as the enemy of democracy, by R. Turner (British Workers' League) Oct. 1919, p. 132
- An address to the workers, by A. Rowland-Entwistle Oct. 1919, p. 135
- Council of Employees: a review of the work of the Workers' and Officers' Committees Oct. 1919, p. 143
People
- Roll of honour (3rd list), with portraits Jan. 1919, p. 38
- Distinction list, 3rd instalment Jan. 1919, p. 39
- Our glorious dead: the Roll of Honour and the firm's war memorial painting Oct. 1919, p. 122
Products & Applications
- The origin and properties of asbestos, VII: heat insulation (B), by H. W. Rowell July 1919, p. 104
- The origin and properties of asbestos, VIII: asbestos-cement, by H. W. Rowell Oct. 1919, p. 139
- At "the Royal": Turners' asbestos-cement farm buildings at the Royal Agricultural Show, Cardiff; Balata soling at the Leather Substitutes Exhibition Oct. 1919, p. 150
Research & Technical
- The origin and properties of asbestos, V, by H. W. Rowell Jan. 1919, p. 33
- Scientific research and industry, by Frederick Kaye Apr. 1919, p. 61
- The origin and properties of asbestos, VI: heat insulation (A), by H. W. Rowell Apr. 1919, p. 70
- The birth and progress of the India-rubber industry, V, by H. S. Walker Apr. 1919, p. 71
- Coal, our chief asset, by A. E. Ludford Ellis Apr. 1919, p. 73
Special Features
- Cover: the House Mark, an allegorical drawing by Bernard Partridge (Anniversary and Peace Issue) Jan. 1919, p. 1
- Sir Walter Raleigh, founder of the British Empire, by Arthur Mee Jan. 1919, p. 24
- Correspondence: from France (F. L. Christ), from the Fleet, the house organ, and two allotment suggestions (A. Blagden; James S. Wood on keeping fowls) Jan. 1919, p. 36
- Sir Francis Drake, founder of the freedom of the seas, by Arthur Mee Apr. 1919, p. 63
- Captain Cook, the man who found a continent, by Arthur Mee July 1919, p. 99
- Correspondence: a reader in Victoria, Australia (Frank T. M'Donald), with the editor on the House Mark July 1919, p. 105
- Murmansk: a pen picture, by Rhoda Power July 1919, p. 109
Staff & Works Life
- The Opportunity Plan: the firm's education scheme for employees, approved by the Provisional Works Committee Jan. 1919, p. 35
- Successes and failures on the allotment: a review, by A. Blagden Jan. 1919, p. 43
- Home notes: Choral, Dramatic and Orchestral Societies, concert at the Provident, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, allotments, the peace gift, war savings, staff dance, prisoners of war fund, visit to the College of Technology; Trafford Park scouts, guides, fire brigade, savings club and girls' club concert Jan. 1919, p. 45
- Have "allotments" come to stay?, by A. Blagden Apr. 1919, p. 80
- Home notes: Choral and Orchestral Societies, Boy Scouts' Rover Patrol, Girl Guides (child nursing and ambulance training by Mrs. Swindells), allotments, the staff fancy dress Victory dance, the works Victory ball at the Town Hall; Trafford Park first annual staff dinner Apr. 1919, p. 81
- Staff "Victory" Ball, January 31st, 1919: verses by W.C.P., with photographs Apr. 1919, p. 84
- Editorial note: welfare work, the firm's attitude July 1919, p. 90
- Home notes: Casson office course lectures, works' magazines in the library, Choral, Orchestral and Dramatic Societies, Boy Scouts' Whitsuntide camp, Girl Guides, allotments, employees' fancy dress dance, Plaiting and Rubber Making Division socials, inter-works football; Trafford Park rambling club, fire brigade and Industrial Development Association July 1919, p. 111
- Welfare and social work: "the initiative must come from the worker" Oct. 1919, p. 144
- The Opportunity Plan: review of a year's work, with list of successes Oct. 1919, p. 146
- Home notes: Casson office course lectures, adult higher education, Rubber Making Division's Benevolent Society, Choral Society, trip to Chelford Oct. 1919, p. 149
- Allotments: second annual holders' show, with prize winners Oct. 1919, p. 151
The War
- In Alsace! The last class: story of a little Alsatian Jan. 1919, p. 20
- A tale of efficiency (Viscount Harcourt on the war telegram of August 1914) Jan. 1919, p. 22
- Interesting items: war service news of employees Jan. 1919, p. 37
- Photograph: car presented to the French Red Cross, taken out with the first convoy of the British Ambulance Committee by Capt. H. R. Turner in December 1914 Apr. 1919, p. 74
- Drake's drum, by Arthur Machen July 1919, p. 106
- Two new books and an old one: Men in Battle by Andreas Latzko, Under Fire by Henri Barbusse, My Life in the Army by Robert Blatchford Oct. 1919, p. 136
Trade & Commerce
- The functions of the Government in relation to industry, by W. L. Hichens Jan. 1919, p. 14
- "Too proud to trade" Oct. 1919, p. 130
- Correspondence: England and America (anonymous) Oct. 1919, p. 140
In the Library
Pages on this site about the products and places these issues name:
- Asbestos in Cement Pipe, Transite, Marinite, and Cement Shingles: The origin and properties of asbestos, VIII: asbestos-cement, by H. W. Rowell (Oct. 1919, p. 139)
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