1950s, historical, at a work bench, a male worker marking out the leather for making shoes at the Glenfield Progress Co-Operative Society limited, a boot and shoe business in Glenfield, Leicester, England, UK, a business specialising in women's and children's footwear. Historically Leicestershire was an important area of Britain for shoe manufacture and in 1872 the Co-operative Wholesale Society began making shoes there.

1950s, historical, at a work bench, a male worker marking out the leather for making shoes at the Glenfield Progress Co-Operative Society limited, a boot and shoe business in Glenfield, Leicester, England, UK, a business specialising in women's and children's footwear. Historically Leicestershire was an important area of Britain for shoe manufacture and in 1872 the Co-operative Wholesale Society began making shoes there. Stock Photo

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Allan Cash Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo

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DY5Y79

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3148 x 3148 px | 26.7 x 26.7 cm | 10.5 x 10.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

1950

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Glenfield Progress Co-Operative Society, Progress Works, Glenfield, Leicester, England

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Allan Cash Picture Library

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