Gallery of Manufacturing Images 1

What's in the gallery?

This gallery contains a selection of photographs, drawings and maps reflecting the diversity of industry that has taken place over the years. At present this is only a small portion of the collection that we hold in the archive. Over the coming months new images will be added until the whole archive is available online. Even then we hope the new material will become available to keep the collection up-to-date. We must never lose sight of the fact, today's happening is tomorrow's history.

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  Salhouse Road industrial area from Heartsease airfield in 1953 prior to the building of the Heartsease Estate.
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  Disused MacLarens factory after use by Start Rite until the early 2000s
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  Advert for Barnard’s slow combustion stoves, these were manufactured in their City works.
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  Duffields premises location map
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  Early crackers made by the Tom Smiths.
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  How bricks were moulded (taken at Barney Brickworks)
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  On the factory floor at Tom Smith Crackers in the 1960s.
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  Florida Shoe Factory minute book 1936
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  Norwich Sack and Bag Company works in Clover Way. 1930s.
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  Loading bricks into an open top kiln (taken at Barney Brickworks)
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  Firing an open top kiln (Barney Brickworks).
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  Ruymp's Sprowston Brick Yard, showing drying sheds and an open top kiln. 1890s.
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  Brick Yard workers It appears the man sat on the barrow with trousers rolled up has been pugging. Date 1890s
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  Sprowston kilns showing an old kiln and a new replacement probably a 1930s photo.
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  Gattling Gun Cracker "Tiddles" manufactured at the Tom Smith Cracker Factory on Salhouse Road - 1960s
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  John Ellis shoe manufacturer, photo dates from the 1850s
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  John Ellis shoe manufacturer in the 1880s
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  Florida Shoe Company, Salhouse Road, photo of workers taken about 1960
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  Building the New Manor Park Development in 2016
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  Sealing kiln entrance(Barney Brick Works)
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  The Norfolk Reds bricks produced by the Sprowston Kilns
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  Sprowston brickkilns probably taken in the late 1930s or 40s WW2 closed a lot of kilns due to blackout regulations.
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  Portrait Ivan William Lusher
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  New Manor Park Development 2016
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  Sketch of brickyard sites in Sprowston
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  Florida Shoe Company products between 1936 and 1957
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  Florida netball team in 1957
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  Florida Shoe Company workers in 1961
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  Shoes designed by the Florida Shoe Company – 1950s
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  Active brick yards on 1880 Map
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  Active brick yards on 1905 Map
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  Active brick yards on 1926 Map
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  Active brick yards on 1946 Map
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  William Slaymaker Lusher (founder of Lusher Builders) photographed laying bricks. Thought to be at the Methodist Church on Wroxham Road.
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  MacLarens factory in 1953 showing initial changes from the sites use by Grange and Samuel builders.
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  Manns Shoe Factory - Location Sprowston Road site now has flats built on it.
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  Brief history of Barnards.
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  A 1950s Barnards Exhibition Stand.
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  A Tom Smiths Staff social event in the 1950s or 60s.
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  Dove Public House as a private residence
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  Adelman Goodman founder of Florida Shoe Company