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Clog Factory: Finishing Room

Archive Item: LAVC/PHO/P1458

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Clog Factory: Finishing Room

Level: Item

Classmark: LAVC/PHO/P1458

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/412398

Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture

Description

Clogger nailing uppers and wooden soles together, at F. Walkley's clog factory, Huddersfield. A narrow leather strip is placed over the upper and sole before they are nailed together. Clogger's tools and box of equipment visible on the bench in the foreground. The tools include a hammer and pliers. The box contains nails (visible) and heel strengtheners (not visible). 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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This material is in copyright as dictated by the 1998 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act in the UK until 31 December 2039 and has been identified as an Orphan Work. The Library has taken the approach to place the material online in order to support research, learning and teaching.

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