A Wall's Ice Cream van leaving the site of the Wall's Ice Cream Factory, with the Production Block in the background

Date:
13 Jun 1961
Location:
Wall's Ice Cream Factory, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Reference:
JLP01/08/060153A
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Work began in February 1959 on a new factory for T. Walls and Sons Limited on a 30 acre site at Barnwood. The £2 million project comprised buildings including the production block, workshops, offices, a canteen, boiler house, cold store, water tower, and engineers' shop.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Factory, Mid 20th Century Food Processing Plant, Road Transport, Food And Drink