Workers at Wall Grange Brickworks, near Cheddleton

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Date:1895 - 1905 (c.)

Description:Group of workers pose in front of a kiln at Wall Grange Brickworks. Some of the men and boys are holding brickmaking tools and moulds. The foreman or 'gaffer' is to the right, wearing a bowler hat.

The works dated from about 1890 and closed in the late 1950s. They were located in the Park Lane area and were served by the nearby railway station.

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Working Wear Manufacturing Industrial Buildings Costume & Textiles Business, Trade & Industry Buildings, Architecture, Monuments Brick & Cement Works 20th Century Costume 19th Century Costume

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Donor ref:P2023.014.0211 (37/49951)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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