MHW01821
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High Wycombe Museum
Summary:
view of workers standing outside the front of Benjamin North’s chair factory, High St. West Wycombe. about 1900
Photographer:
Place:
High Street, West Wycombe, Bucks, N side of High St, looking SW
Content Notes:
Workers standing outside the front of Benjamin North’s original chair factory in the High St. West Wycombe. The business moved to Piddington around 1903. This factory is of timber construction, above a brick and flint ground floor. Chairs piled onto a cart seen in background. The sign above the entrance reads “B. North and Sons. Chair Manufacturers”
Date:
about 1900
[a]29.7.41?
Names:
North, Benjamin, (Chair Manufacturer)
Inscriptions:
[a] Messrs, B. North and Sons’ Principal Works (front); [a] Benjamin North’s Factory at West Wycombe, where the Village Hall now stands.; [b] Norths Principal Works Piddington; [b] 29.7.41
Subjects:
Commercial building, Exterior, Group
Objects:
Image Source:
General Notes:
Scan [a]
3 responses to “MHW01821”
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This image states WW village high street but the building is too big for the village hall plot. it is a similar style to the factory that stood on the Village Hall plot but we think this photo is actually the same factory owner but in Piddington.
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This one is not Piddington, although the factory did later move to Piddington. No idea what the 1941 date means. The factory building stayed in West Wycombe after being sold by North\’s, I think the firm Abbott\’s used it from 1903 to 1948 ?
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This one is not Piddington, although the factory did later move to Piddington. No idea what the 1941 date means. The factory building stayed in West Wycombe after being sold by North\’s, I think the firm Abbott\’s used it from 1903 to 1948 ?
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