Clog Factory
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Clog Factory
Classmark: LAVC/PHO/P1434
Site Location(s): Subject - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.649, -1.78416 )
Date(s): August 1971
Size and medium: 1 photographic print.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/412374
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
Manufacturing materials stored near the entrance of F. Walkley's clog factory, Huddersfield. The materials include large folded sheets of leather. Unmounted.
This photograph was taken during a field visit as part of the Museums Association Diploma Curatorial Course in Folk Life and Local History.
Biography or history
F. Walkley's clog factory was founded by Frank Walkley in Huddersfield in November 1946. The company moved to the old Canal Wharf Sawmills at Hebden Bridge in 1972. This building was the subject of an arson attack in 1991, but has since been reopened. Walkley's continues to operate as a clog makers.
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