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Description: | C1891.
In this image two small boys are photographed modelling Sailor Suits for the clothing manufacturing firm of John Barran & sons. One of them (left) is Herbert Giles, the son of Arthur Giles who was employed by Barran's as a machine smith. The ready-to-wear trade for boys was a very successful part of the business and all manner of tailored clothes, indulging miniature uniforms and fancy dress were exported to many countries. At this time the new factory in Hanover Lane would have been used (1888). The former factory built to designs by Thomas Ambler in St. Paul's Street in 1877, and overlooking Park Square,became inadequate in size as the business grew. It continued in use as a warehouse, cutting room and showroom. In 1904 the new warehouse in Chorley Lane opened, adjoining the Hanover Lane factory. This rapid expansion of the ready-to-wear clothing business began with the invention of the sewing machine in 1851 and the development of the band knife for bulk pattern cutting in the late 1850s. Sewing and pattern cutting technologies continued to develop throughout the later half of the 19th Century and also in the 20th Century. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hanover Lane Chorley Lane John Barran & Son Giles St. Paul's Street Park Square | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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