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Article: Cookson country.(News)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2004
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1990: Dr Ralph Iley, managing director, Cookson Group, Newcastle
Only one leek-growing pigeon fancier has ever won the top individual award in North-East business, and to say that of Dr Ralph Iley is only to give a little of the colour of his character.
For in substance, this son of a North Shields fishing family was one of the foremost manufacturers in the region in his time, and it is doubtful if there has ever been a more popular winner than this slight, smiling figure who looked happy as a 20-year-old when he took the title of North-East Businessman of ...
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