DC Dalgliesh

[Mike S]

This may be total rubbish (I read it on Facebook),
but has anyone heard the "rumor" the DC Dalgliesh mill is closing?

[kilted2000]

It’s not closing. It’s closed unfortunately.

[Bruce Scott]

This may be total rubbish (I read it on Facebook),
but has anyone heard the "rumor" the DC Dalgliesh mill is closing?

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS
D.C. DALGLIESH LIMITED

Company Number: SC024749

Registered office: DUNSDALE MILL, SELKIRK, TD7 5EB

Principal trading address: DUNSDALE MILL, SELKIRK, TD7 5EB

PASSED: 14 April 2025

At a General Meeting of the Members of the above named company, duly convened and held at 3rd Floor, 175 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LB on 14 April 2025 at 2.15pm the following Special Resolution was duly passed:

"That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business and that it is advisable to wind up same and, accordingly, that the company be wound up voluntarily".

Thereafter, the following Ordinary Resolution was duly passed:

"That Ishbel MacNeil, (IP No. 9426) and Ian Wright, (IP No. 9227) are Licensed Insolvency Practitioners, of Quantuma Advisory Limited, Third Floor, Turnberry House, 175 West George St, Glasgow, G2 2LB, be appointed liquidators for the purposes of such winding up".

For further details contact glasgow@quantuma.com or telephone 0141 285 0910

Nicholas John Fiddes

Chair of the Meeting

Copied from: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4869866

[Troglodyte]

The demise of D. C. Dalgleish is a great pity.

Although I have heard some people express their views of Dalgleish as a company to do busines with, my own experience is that they were co-operative and helpful - doing everything over the 'phone perfectly.

Their demise ends an era - and removes one of the last weavers that produced a high quality cloth with a proper kilting selvedge, and at double-width too. The commercial competition all seems to be tuck-in selvedge, which is less than ideal.

They will be missed.

But their end has caused a great deal of knock-on loss to kilt-makers who have paid for orders that remain unfulfilled. Hopefully, the receivers will honour the orders or issue refunds, but that seems a slim chance.

[Jock Scot]

It’s not closing. It’s closed unfortunately.

A sad day for Scotland.

[OC Richard]

This was posted on another site, I'll post it here anonymously:

In December we placed an order With DC Dalgleish for 2 x 13m lengths of Custom weave tartans, which we paid In Full and up front.

We recently heard that they had ceased trading but we had no official communication from them.

After a few weeks of going back and forth with Nick Fiddes we finally got given the Receivers name and today we have found out that we are basically owed nothing for the order we placed.

[FossilHunter]

This was posted on another site, I'll post it here anonymously:

In December we placed an order With DC Dalgleish for 2 x 13m lengths of Custom weave tartans, which we paid In Full and up front.

We recently heard that they had ceased trading but we had no official communication from them.

After a few weeks of going back and forth with Nick Fiddes we finally got given the Receivers name and today we have found out that we are basically owed nothing for the order we placed.

Additionally, I’ve heard that this also happened to several other kilt makers. Sad for the company to go out on such a sour note.

[PiperPadre]

I suppose I saw this coming.

They made the cloth for my Cameron reproduction kilt years ago and the quality of the cloth as well as the tonalities were outstanding (the red field was akin to claret and the green stripes were brownish - so as not to use the term "khaki" and bring that up again... ). Having lost quite a bit of weight, that kilt went in the closet, awaiting more "generous" days. I decided to get another kilt of the same fabric made for a skinnier me.

After several months of waiting, I began a series of monthly queries: always met with "it's weaving now", "the loom broke", "it's weaving now", "there's trouble in the glen", "it's weaving now", "It's at the finishers", and finally "it's weaving now elsewhere." That last one go me nervous, and rightfully so.

When it arrived almost a year later, it was disappointing to find that the colors were different (closer to orangish than claret and dark green stripes), the sett was substantially smaller, and the quality of cloth underwhelming..

[Jock Scot]

Oooooops sorry dual post. Post deleted. Gremlins at work?

[Jock Scot]

Perhaps those thinking of buying a synthetic cloth kilt, might now re-consider their choice? I know that wool cloth is much more expensive and so on and wanting the kilt NOW is an attractive thought. However.................

We don't know, of course, if poor management was involved------- BUT.....................and nevertheless.......................the closure of this scarce part of the traditional cloth industry is in part one of the obvious and inevitable consequences of many following the synthetic cloth route.

Just saying.