C Millington & Sons

C Millington & Sons A one stop shop for most timber and sheet materials. Custom bench joinery service available too.

22/04/2026

Checked out our competition for prices on decking boards, 4”x2” and decking screws.

MKM and B&Q come in second and third place respectively to your local family run timber merchants.

Call us for a quote on 01204572366

Big businesses with big prices, try our small business and see if you prefer using a company which knows their stuff and values your custom.

19/03/2026

Even with the greatest of care accidents happen and an exchange isn’t an option.

But wait, what if there was another option?

Let us repair it or buy a new door?

What would you do?

13/11/2025

If you need aged, distressed, timber full of character and imperfections, don’t settle for new timber. Bring in a sample or photographs of the timber you’d like us to match it up with and we’ll create timber that looks aged from new timber.

12/11/2025

Downsizing the height of an exterior door today felt so satisfying.

Although doors come in a range of standard sizes to suit most modern properties, there are older properties with odd sizes, usually lower in height.

This customer was able to easily choose the design he wanted although it simply wasn’t available so short in height.

The obvious answer is to get the door custom made, this costs a lot of money in comparison with buying a standard sized door off the shelf.

Our on-site bench joinery service and my 19 years experience allows us to tailor make a standard door to the size you need.

The advantage is a massive saving 💰💰💰 for you.

On reflection I estimate the cost of a bespoke made door would be around £1500 - 2000 plus the traditional glass unit.

The cost this customer paid us - INCLUDING THE SIZE ALTERATION - was about one third of that price.

Sometimes you can’t put off changing an old, tired door which doesn’t close or fit properly.

Don’t be put off by the thought of getting one made. Think clever, approach us with your sizes and come away with a solution, a door that fits and money left over to spend on the more important things in life.

We aren’t just your ordinary door supplier. We are your local family door supplier offering expert advice and solutions when everyone else has told you there are no other options than pay a fortune.

I don’t see this as a chore or overtime.I’m simply finishing clerical work which is overdue.
12/11/2025

I don’t see this as a chore or overtime.

I’m simply finishing clerical work which is overdue.

17/10/2025

Hey aye! (AI!) We’ve only found an original family business silent film from the mid 20’s (2020’s that is!)

Capturing an average day of my Great Grandfather and his team working in the village a century ago.

Perhaps your relatives were out shopping that day or waving to the fellow villager driving past in his Leyland Pig petrol lorry or one of his Scottish Albion wagons.

It would be great to go back in time and be there to witness the village as it was, see all the olde shops and buildings and witness what life was like back then.

Enjoy this clip, the background scenes aren’t all time accurate but I’m sure there were barely any motor vehicles on the streets of the village. It’s likely there were more pedal bicycles, possibly even a Penny Farthing, a few motorcycles and definitely a few horse and cart, even a rag and bone man, or pop van from Billy Lansdale’s shop on Lever Street.

Many locals would be stopped in the middle of the street having a chin wag to catch up on the latest going ons and gossip.

It would have been a busy and thriving village back then full of locals working in local warehouses, industries, businesses, pubs and beerhouses.

Back then it was all about keeping business local, which I am a proud supporter of.

Let’s never lose that tradition.

15/10/2025

John Millington

Over 33 years service

You deserve this

Every word

You old turd 💩

Congratulations to our 4th generation Millington, John for his ONE THIRD OF A CENTURY service for the family business ⏳
15/10/2025

Congratulations to our 4th generation Millington, John for his ONE THIRD OF A CENTURY service for the family business ⏳

17/09/2025

A story from the early 1960s as a timber merchants. We would buy packs of 18ft 9”x1” Piranha Pine and cut it into 12 laths of timber for clothes props at size 9ft 1.5”x1”.

They were sold to DIY shops such as Moths and Smiths off St George’s Road and Shufflebottoms and Preston’s on Oldham Road.

The Purchase Tax Inspector would visit to look at our sales invoices and question whether the sales of a few gross (144) of these laths were for clothes props which were liable for Purchase Tax.

We wouldn’t cut the V in the top of the laths so we could sell them without them being liable for Purchase Tax. It was then up to the DIY stores if they wanted to cut the V in the top with a handsaw and pay Purchase Tax on them.

The Inspector knew that they were sold for props but without the V cut in the top we avoided paying Purchase Tax.

We would sell them for 2s 6d at the time.

We also made clothes maidens:
3ft - 2 fold & 3 fold
3ft 6in - 2 fold & 3 fold
4ft - 2 fold & 3 fold
4ft 6in - 2 fold only

Step ladders:
4, 5, 6 and 7 step.
7 step with handles

What a lovely fresh morning 🌞
12/09/2025

What a lovely fresh morning 🌞

Address

2 Kershaw Avenue
Bolton
BL31QS

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

01204572366

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