S81 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Charles Busfield and Co. Ltd., dyeworks, located between Church Lane and Union Street off Towngate.
The business was begun in the 1800s by Charles Busfield who built up an earlier dyeworks on the site.
He lived on Mount Pleasant and kept hens as a hobby.
S82 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Charles Busfield and Co. Ltd, yarn dyers and bleachers. The mill had it’s own artesian well to supply the copious amounts of water needed for the dyeing process which was a huge advantage and enabled the company to be independent of the local water supply
S83 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Seen from Church Lane, this is the back of the dyeworks.
S84 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Rear view of Albion Dyeworks, looking down Church Lane St. Oswald’s Church is on the left.
S85 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
View of the dyeworks yard, the business was sold by the Busfield family to Readicut, it was closed in 1995.
Some housing has been built on the site and an NHS treatment centre(January 2013).
S87 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
A gated entrance to the dyeworks.
S89 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Seen from Queensway are the dyeworks and chimney.
S90 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
This view looks up Queensway in the direction of Yeadon, the dyeworks is on the right.
S91 – Albion Dyeworks, 1996.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – 1996
Looking across Queensway to the Albion Dyeworks,in the foreground is a glimpse of the fields which front onto Queensway at this point.
The fields in front of the fence on the left mostly out of view were used by the Busfield family for an unusual purpose.
When the business was founded by Charles Busfield all transport was horse-drawn, even when motor vehicles became available there was a reluctance to use them.
The company horses were very well treated and when their working lives came to an end they were retired and later buried in these fields.
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jonhex
Standing 3rd from left on the 2nd row, next to the lady in the dark flowered dress / top, 16 yrs old Annie Elizabeth Smith, “Lizzie”, my Mother.
She “confessed” to me that she was nicknamed “Liz Piss Pepper Arse” by her workmates. She was the eldest of the five children of Arthur Smith of Upper end farm.
After a failed first marriage to Arthur Brook Smith, Lizzie in the early 1930’s formed a life long relationship with her stepbrother Alfred Stanley “Stan” Hextall, they married after her divorce in 1956.
She died, 9/9/1992 aged 87yrs.
07 April 2013.
Dixon
Hi, my Dad worked at Busfield’s for 40 years. I think he retired around 1986. I’m his youngest daughter, Louise. I’d be interested to find out more about my Dad’s life at Busfield’s. Sadly, he passed away in 2010.
25 February 2022.
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