Clicking Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford, (1)
This is one of a series of postcards sent to the wife of an Australian shoe manufacturer, Fred Cull of George Cull and Son. Mr Cull spent some months working for Mason and Marson on Sandon Road, who ...
Clicking Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford, (2)
In the clicking department the various shoe parts were cut from leather. These were then sent to the closing department to be bonded together to form shoe uppers.
This is one of a series of postcards ...
Clicking Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
This photograph is of the clicking or cutting room, where the pieces of leather which make up the parts of the shoe are cut from hides. The Lotus factory stands on Longton Road in Stone.
Lotus was ...
Clicking Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. This photograph is of the lasting or making room, where the shoe upper is attached to the sole.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and ...
Closing Department, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Nigel Reade and Sheila Land pictured in the Closing Department at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. Sheila is sewing together the leather parts which make up the upper of a woman's shoe. This photograph ...
Closing Department, Lotus Ltd., Stafford
Employees are pictured in the Closing Room at the Lotus Shoe Factory in Stafford. If you recognise anyone in this view please contact us. This photograph was taken by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. ...
Closing Dept., Mason and Marson Shoe Factory, Stafford, (1)
The closing department was where various shapes of leather were stitched together to form the shoe uppers.
This is one of a series of postcards sent to the wife of an Australian shoe manufacturer, ...
Closing Room Cricket Team, Lotus Ltd., Stone
Stone Lotus shoe factory's closing room women's cricket team.
Back row (left to right): Maya Sheppard, Brenda Morris, Margaret Burton (later Eyre), Gillian, Pam Hill, Muriel Sharman (later Morris).
Front ...
Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
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. ...
Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their own factories in Stafford, Stone and Northampton.
Edwin Bostock's ...
Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
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. ...
Closing Room, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stafford
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. ...
Cobbler, Church Road, Codsall
The cobbler is Thomas William Jones, who operated on Church Road in Codsall. He was a relative of a local primary school teacher, Mrs Cockerill, whose maiden name was Jones.
Colonel William Horton
Lithograph print of the Late Colonel William Horton. William Horton (1750 - 1832) was born in Stafford and was one of the first to manufacture shoes on a large scale, employing over 1,000 workers.
His ...
Concert party group, Stone
A concert party group in the Stone area, possibly from the Lotus Ltd factory on Cross Street.
Cordwainer's apprenticeship indenture, Stafford
Indenture document on parchment recording the apprenticeship of Henry Dale, aged twelve, to John Osborn of Stafford, Cordwainer.
From the Staffordshire County Museum collections.
Coronation decorations at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
The factory floor at Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford, decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth ...
Coronation decorations at Lotus Ltd, Stone
The factory floor at the Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Stone, decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century ...