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Guiseley Businesses

Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. (1) 1898 – 1995

Charles Busfield and Co. Ltd., Albion Dyeworks. The business was owned by the Busfield family for several generations dating back to 1868, there was some …

Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. (2) 1898 – 1995

The following 15 images showing men and women at work in Charles Busfield’s Albion Dyeworks were donated by Mark Busfield….

Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. (3) 1898 – 1995

The following 11 images showing men and women at work in Charles Busfield’s Albion Dyeworks were donated by Mark Busfield….

Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. (4) 1868 – 1995

Charles Busfield and Co. Ltd., dyeworks, located between Church Lane and Union Street off Towngate. The business was begun in the 1800s by Charles …

Chas. F HY Yates & Sons – 1980s

Situated on Otley Road, offices of Yates Auctioneers, Valuers and Estate Agents….

Chevin Stoves -2019

Oxford Road, Guiseley, a new shop Chevin Stoves, opens.

Chippindale’s Shoe Shop, 1895 – 2000 (1)

Photo taken in the loft above the shop on Otley Road, it was used as a boot factory….

Co-op

rien Gwendolyn Jones at the counter of the shoe department. Boxes of footwear are ranked on the shelves, a poster gives notice of closure for stock taking. …

Cotopa Mills

Here we see three employees at the mill, the girl in the middle has her arm in a sling, the mill building is in the background.

Crompton Parkinson Works

Glass workers at Crompton Parkinson’s who produced lamps. In addition, they made a wide range of electrical components.

Davey Motor Stores – 2014

Davey Motor Stores occupied a unit of Springhead Mill prior to the mill being demolished for homes to be built on the site.

E Clapham & Co. – 1955/56

E Clapham & Co., were solicitors and part of the Ivor Gaunt Group, staff are seen here at a cocktail party celebrating the …

E Walsh & Son’s

Lorry belonging to E Walsh and Son’s plasterers and concreters. The driver is Albert Waite, with him are Tom, Bob and Herbert Waite.

Everybodys – 2016

This business was formerly Cellar V and is one of the properties adjacent to Morrison’s store, it opened on the 11th March 2016.

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