Date:1935 - 1937 (c.)
Description:The Lotus Ltd factory in Stafford decorated either for George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935, or the Coronation of George VI in 1937. Lotus was formerly Edwin Bostock's shoe factory, which was on Foregate Street, Stafford. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1901, but was rebuilt on Sandon Road in 1903. Bostock's became Lotus Ltd. in 1919. The Sandon Road factory was demolished in 1998.
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The lasting or making room at Lotus Ltd., Sandon Road, Stafford. This department ...
A large pyramid shaped stack of munitions shells with woman using machine in background ...
Women's heeled shoe manufactured by Lotus Ltd., Stafford. Chinchilla grey leather ...
Bill Davis seated at work bench holding a booklet at the Lotus Ltd. shoe factory ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire Museum Service
Donor ref:P2006.016.0005 (37/21312)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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