The Dyehouse, Job White & Sons Ltd, Compton Mills, Leek

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Date:1930 - 1935 (c.)

Description:The men are hank-dyeing in wooden dye-barks. This age old method was still used locally until the 1960s, and until an even later date at Thomas Whittles' factory.

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Donor ref:1994.667.3 (20/3809)

Source: Leek Museum:Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

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