The Order Office at Lotus shoes, Stafford
The order office at Lotus Ltd's factory on Sandon Road.
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2, Charlotte Clay
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Thomas Bostock
Portrait of Thomas Bostock 1777-1837.
Thomas Bostock was the founder of the Bostock/Lotus shoe manufacturing dynasty. he was the son of a Derbyshire Cordwainer and was apprenticed to his father ...
Tower Street, Wolverhampton
Looking west along Tower street in Wolverhampton, towards Market Street. The premises of William Hayward's Cycle Works are to the left with the three-storey factory and chimney formerly belonging to E. ...
Trade Stand, Lotus Shoes, 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 ...
US visitors at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
Eleven representatives of the biggest shoe manufacturers in the United States on a visit to Lotus Ltd’s shoe factory on Sandon Road, Stafford. The group included all of the members of the Technical Committee ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
A flower bed and tennis courts in the extension to Victoria Park which opened in 1930. In the background can be seen Broad Eye Windmill and to the right is Tenterbanks School which was demolished in ...
Victory Celebrations in the cutting room, Lotus Ltd., Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. Joseph Rigby is leaning on the bench at the front with his arms folded.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth ...
Victory Celebrations in the cutting room, Lotus, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their ...
Victory Celebrations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone
The closing room decorated to celebrate victory at the end of the First World War.
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded ...
Victory Celebrations, Lotus Shoe Factory, Stone,
The closing room decorated to celebrate victory at the end of the First World War.
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. The cutting room was where the various shapes required ...
Vik warehouse destroyed by fire, Sandon Road, Stafford
A major fire at the Vik Supplies Sandon Road premises in 1962 resulted in a new factory being built on the Common Road site. Spectators look on as flames engulf the building.
Vik Supplies Ltd was formed ...
Vik warehouse destroyed by fire, Sandon Road, Stafford
Staff survey the aftermath of the fire. A major fire at the Vik Supplies Sandon Road premises in 1962 resulted in a new factory being built on the Common Road site. Spectators look on as flames engulf ...
Vik warehouse destroyed by fire, Sandon Road, Stafford.
A major fire at the Vik Supplies Sandon Road premises in 1962 resulted in a new factory being built on the Common Road site.
Vik Supplies Ltd was formed in Stafford in 1912 by Lotus Ltd as the Patent ...
W.H. Bailey & Sons boot and shoe shop, Town Hall Buildings, Tunstall
W.H. Bailey & Sons, boot and shoe makers' shop in Town Hall Buildings, Tunstall. The business was established in 1840 and had a second branch on Queen Street, Burslem.
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W.H. Bailey & Sons, boot and shoe shop, Burslem
W.H. Bailey & Sons, boot and shoe makers' shop on Queen Street, Burslem. The business was established in 1840 and had a second branch in Town Hall Buildings, Tunstall.
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War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A woman worker using a machine with 25-pounder high explosive munition shell casings either side of her.
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford taken by Oswald ...
War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A large pyramid shaped stack of munitions shells with woman using machine in background
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. shoe factory, Sandon Road, Stafford taken by Oswald Wild for 'Fortune' ...
War work at Lotus Ltd, Stafford
A woman worker weighing munitions shells on scales. On the noticeboard on the wall is a poster with the message "Lotus shells 'not shoes' are best for Jerry".
From album of photographs of Lotus Ltd. ...