Date:1980
Description:Employees are pictured in the Closing Room at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. If you recognise anyone in this view please contact us. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton. Edwin Bostock's original Stafford factory was on Foregate Street. The building was destroyed by fire in 1901, but was rebuilt on Sandon Road in 1903. In 1919 the three factories amalgamated to become Lotus. The Sandon Road factory was demolished in 1998 and later replaced by a housing development.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
The order office at Lotus Ltd's factory on Sandon Road. Use the 'zoom' tool to ...
The factory floor at Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford, decorated for ...
The pattern cutter makes working patterns for the clicker. The shoe design is ...
Share:
Ordering:Click the button to add the item to your basket. Follow the link for further information on ordering.
Creators: Tony Boydon - Creator
Donor ref:P2005.004.0072 (37/33126)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.