Description:A postcard view of Ludgate Street, Tutbury. The right hand side is recognisable today (2023) but the glassworks buildings on the left were demolished in 2007 and have been replaced sympathetically. The glassworks were built in 1836 by Henry Jackson and covered 12 acres. 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.
Postcard published by W H Smith in their Kingsway Real Photo Series. Card is printed with postage rates of Inland 1/2d and Foreign 1d.