Moreland's Trading Estate
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Moreland's Trading Estate
Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 20 Mar 2010
This is the former England's Glory Moreland's Match Factory on Bristol Road in Gloucester. The building was founded in 1868 and largely rebuilt by E A Pryer in 1911-12. The building is now a trading estate. As a child I can remember passing this building at night in a car with the sign illuminated. As a footnote to this, at Christmas time 2012 I bought a box of England's Glory matches and was amused by the words 'Made in Sweden' on the lower part of the logo on the front of the box. The words are as large as the brand name above it. Is this symbolic of Britain's manufacturing decline!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.85627
Longitude
-2.251143