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Brown and Haigh Clothing Factory

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Brown & Haigh Clothing Factory
Brown & Haigh Clothing Factory
Photo: Catherine Bolton
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Item #: 12251
I think this is from the mid 1930s and the lady second from the left might have been called May Houghton, who was a friend of my mother-in law.
Anyway they don't seem to have noticed that the ceiling is about to fall on them.

Comment by: val on 19th October 2009 at 14:12

the lady 2nd from left looks like a lady i know called maud who worked there..still living today at 102 correct me if im wrong

Comment by: Cathy Bolton on 19th October 2009 at 22:18

I wonder if your friend Maud could tell us anything about this photo if I could get some help to make it a clearer picture.
My mother-in-law (who is not on the photo) was called Edna Smalley, then Bolton when she married, and she worked there from being 14 in 1920 until about 1943.She was born in 1906.

Comment by: lorraine on 18th August 2010 at 17:00

what a great photo, my great aunt worked there for years she was may price then collier when she married

Comment by: lorraine on 18th August 2010 at 17:02

may would have been 108 this year

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