Description:Men undercutting brickwork ready to fell the brassworks chimney at Brookhouses, Cheadle. The brass and copper works were in operation at Spout Farm from about 1725 and had been derelict for some time when demolition took place in 1907. At the time of closure the works had nine smelting houses and six furnaces.
Pictured are, left to right: Mr Tunnicliff jr, Mr Tunnicliff sr, Mr Bolton, G. Beardmore, and the little girl far right is Miss Eve Beardmore (later Mrs Lovatt).