Description:Cutters and Polishers at Webb Corbett glassworks, Tutbury.
Back row: Arthur Sewell, George Wilson, Charlie Underwood, Wilf Bell, Jim Ratcliffe, George Woolley, unknown, Harry Young, J. Williams, Charlie Bennett, Walter Lock, Harry Udall, George Clews.
Middle row: E. Bantell, Billy Edwards, J. Chamberlin, Tommy Timmins, Jack Russel, Joe Siddalls, Howard Skidmore, Alf Clews, Jack Pye, Charlie Marshall, Horace Dumelow, Charles Crossley, Arthur Pateman, Les Copestake, Gus Keeling, Alan Doohan, Jack Hodson, Billy Stanley, Sam Goring.
Front row: George Wharton, Jimmy Dickson, Edna Tipper, Dot Nicklin, E. Corden, Nancy Woolley, unknown, Lil Carfoot, Holly Andrews, unknown, Gertie Broughton, Alice Woodhall, Jimmy Andrews, Bert Corden.
Seated on the steps at the back is Dorothy Wedd.
Tutbury has a glassmaking tradition dating back to the 15th century. The glassworks on the corner of Ludgate Street and Burton Street was built in 1836. The Webbs, glassmakers from Amblecote, acquired the factory in 1906. The glassworks were run by G.H. Corbett and the company was named Webb Corbett. The company was taken over by Royal Doulton in 1969 and the works were closed in 1980. At its height the works employed 200 people.
This photograph is from the collections of Tutbury Museum.