Joseph Crosfield and Sons, War Memorial - detail
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Joseph Crosfield and Sons, War Memorial - detail
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 6 Oct 2008
A close-up showing the variety of departments at the company. Note how many relate to functions subsidiary to the actual manufacture of soap, such as Wood Box, Shipping, Paper Stores. The mystery one is V.B. Update: I have since been informed that V.B. stands for Vegetable Butter, (now of course known as margarine). This was clearly abbreviated simply for reasons of space.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.388454
Longitude
-2.608909