The J & K Connor Hat Factory under construction in Bute Street, with the footbridge leading to the railway station visible adjacent to the building

Date:
1927
Location:
Connor Hat Factory, 65-67 Bute Street, Luton
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Leas Cliff Pavilion, The Leas, Folkestone, Shepway, Kent
Reference:
BL29051/001
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This photograph was commissioned by J & Connor Limited, hat manufacturers. The making of straw hats and bonnets was already established in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire by the end of the 17th century. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries most of the Luton hat industry was concentrated in factories in the Bute Street area, close to the railway station with its direct links to London.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Early 20th Century Hat Factory, Construction