Cellular Clothing Co Ltd, Morris Street, Swindon, Swindon

Photograph taken Jan 1902 © Historic England Archive ref: bl16856a

Interior view of the manufacturing workroom of the Cellular Clothing Company Ltd's factory premises in Swindon, showing rows of women sitting at sewing machines sewing various items of clothing. The Cellular Clothing Co Ltd was established in 1888 by Lewis Haslam, inventor of the innovative 'Aertex' fabric, which was central to the manufacture of the company's clothing. The company had premises in Nottingham, London and Swindon, and grew in popularity and prosperity throughout the 20th century. The company was bought out in 2001 by Aertex Ltd.

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Swindon Swindon

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Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

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The Comptometer room at the Stratford Co-operative Society, showing girls and boys working on model 'E' comptometers. The comptometer, invented in 1887 by American, Dor Felt, was the first successful manual calculating machine. Many of the boys and girls look very young to be at work. The school leaving age was only raised to 14 in the Education Act of 1918 so they could well have been younger than that.

Cellular Clothing Co Ltd, Morris Street, Swindon, Swindon

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