Welsh Products Ltd. |
'The Button Factory' |
Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. |
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Building the 'Button Factory' |
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Glamor Buttons - Made by Welsh
Products Limited, Dowlais, Glamorgan
on display at a Folk Museum
at
Hutton Le Hole near Pickering and Thirsk
(Photograph
Courtesy of Dave Jones & Ceinwen Statter) |
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Pictures Inside the Factory. |
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Blod Jarvis
(Name Courtesy of
Annette Thomas) |
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Button Factory - Factory
Outing
(Photograph
Courtesy of Susan Kelly) |
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Button Factory - Party / Event
Button Factory owner Mr Adler is
seen second from the left in the front row. Behind him is John Phillips.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Susan Kelly) |
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Welsh Products - Mr. Bandler's
(Director) 60th Birthday Party - 24th January 1945
Back Row L-R:
?, ?, ?, Alfred (Alf) Antcliffe, Herbert Finkelstein, ?, Franz Brantl
(not Brantel as named elsewhere on the page), ?, ? and (possibly) Joseph
Gross.
Middle Row L-R:
?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Erna Finkelstein, ? and Anna Brantl.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Robert Fraser) |
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Welsh Products - Christmas
Party - Circa 1952.
Peter's father Cyril was the
foreman at the factory. Father Christmas is Mr. Brantel.
(Photograph &
Information Courtesy of Peter Mylam) |
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Button Factory Christmas Party
Third from the left (standing on
the table, being held by her
aunt: Mrs Doris Goode formally
Hutton) is Sandra Thomas,
her mother
Mrs Elfys Thomas formally Hutton
of Market Street Dowlais
also worked at the factory.
In the middle,
with the suit on, is Peter Davies.
(Photograph
Courtesy of Peter Davies) |
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Welsh Products - Christmas
Party - Circa 1952.
Peter's father Cyril was the
foreman at the factory.
(Photograph &
Information Courtesy of Peter Mylam) |
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Button Factory
Christmas Party
Ann
Williams (nee Phillips) and Thelma Farmer (Standing),
Sandra
Thomas (sitting) front extreme right
(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas) |
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Button Factory
Christmas Party
Mother
Elfys Thomas (nee Hutton) with Sisters Ann Thomas (now Mitchell)
and Sandra
Thomas (Year not known)
(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas) |
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Button Factory Christmas Party
Doris Goode (nee
Hutton) with Ann Thomas (now Mitchell), year not known.
(Photograph
courtesy of Sandra Thomas) |
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Christmas Party
Year not known
Any information
would be appreciated
(Photograph
courtesy of Sandra Thomas) |
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Button Factory Christmas Party
Any information would be appreciated
(Photograph
courtesy of Sandra Thomas) |
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The Button Factory - Shortly
Before Demolition
(Photograph
Courtesy of John Jones) |
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have any information or names for the photographs above?
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