| Title | Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. |
| Date | 1920 |
| Location | Guiseley |
| Photo ID | B387 |
| Comment | See below … |
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 rebuilding at the dyeworks in 1908. The business was sold by the Busfield family to Readicut, it was closed in 1995.
Staff of the ‘Making Up’ Department. Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd., of Albion Dyeworks which lay between Church Street and Union Street off Towngate.
Products included knitting wools and wool for rug making, the dyeworks has since been demolished. and new housing is on the site.
This image is of Mr Joseph Hanson and the girls of the ‘Making Up’ Department.
P629 – Albion Dyeworks, Pre 1936.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Pre 1936
Charles Busfield’s Albion Dyeworks viewed from the tower of St. Oswald’s Church. Beyond the factory are the Medieval field strips of Wills Gill, a rare example of Medieval farming methods when a large field would be divided into strips for crop rotation.
Donated by Mark Busfield.
P630 – Albion Dyeworks, Pre 1950s.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Pre 1950s
An aerial view of Charles Busfield’s Albion Dyeworks, photo taken before Queensway was built in the 1950s. Above the dyeworks are the medieval field strips of Wills Gill, in the bottom left corner is Towngate with the New inn at the corner with Church Street. The mill chimney at the bottom of the view belongs to Springfield Mill.
Donated by Mark Busfield.
P645 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
The following 38 images showing men and women at work in Charles Busfield’s Albion Dyeworks were photographed by Adrian Evans in 1981, Adrian was a school friend of Mark Busfield who donated the images
Mark has informed us the images are interior shots of the dye house in main, scouring machine with long baths and tapes to hold the Hanks of yarn, dye vats are the large vessels with hanks hanging on poles to be lowered in by crane , the round carts are made for the wool to be netted and put into the hydro for spin drying. The large conveyor is the Minetti dryer, which replaced the Marr dryers. The one photo with Jim , I can’t remember his surname is loading the autoclave for heat setting / relaxing the hanks after dying ,it’s the one that looks like a load of baking trays,
P646 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P647 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P648 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P649 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P650 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P651 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P652 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P653 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P654 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P655 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
P656 – Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd, Undated.
Charles Busfield & Co. Ltd. – Undated
As above.
Previous Comments:
Re B387
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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Consolidated by J Brayshaw. 08 February 2024.
Last Updated: 08 February 2024 – Photo ID: B387, P629, P630, P645, P646, P647, P648, P649, P650, P651, P652, P653, P654, P655, P656.
