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Edge Shoes (Forward Works), Wellington Road
Close-up of the main entrance. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2813043
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.01 miles
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Edge Shoes (Forward Works), Wellington Road
Factory extension of 1914 in brick and buff terracotta. Remarkably, the firm is still trading, although now simply as a wholesale distributor and not as a manufacturer.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.01 miles
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Forward Shoe Works
Fine detailing in buff terracotta above the main entrance http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2813032 still showing the original name of the works.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
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Shoe Factory
The view in Wellington Road, the red-brick frontage is the former Samuel Edge and Son Shoe Factory built in 1914.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 5 May 2016
0.02 miles
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Former shoe factory in Bilston, Wolverhampton
In Wellington Road, the red-brick building is the Samuel Edge Boot and Shoe Factory built c1914, and then extended later to the right. The current operation retains the name of Edge, but is not family owned. It deals with imports from the far east (mainly) and is owned by a wholesaler and on-line retailer formed in 1995, who took over this site after 2002.
The plane trees by the A41 Wellington Road between Wolverhampton and Bilston have only a year or two of branch growth since being cut back.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.02 miles
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Former shoe factory in Bilston, Wolverhampton
In Wellington Road, the red-brick frontage is the former Samuel Edge* and Son Shoe Factory, built c1914 when his Millfield Road premises became too small, and then extended later to the right. The current operation retains the name of Edge, but is not family owned. It deals with imports from the far east (mainly) and is owned by a wholesaler and on-line retailer formed in 1995, who took over this site after 2002.
* born 1861
The full story: http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/listed/edges/edges01.htm
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.02 miles
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Edge Shoe Factory
This listed building and former Shoe Factory is still used for manufacturing.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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Wellington Road leaving Bilston, Wolverhampton
This shows the A41 looking towards Wolverhampton. On the left is the former Samuel Edge and Son shoe factory, built in 1914. The current operation retains the name of Edge, but is not family owned. It deals with imports from the far east (mainly) and is run by a wholesaler and on-line retailer formed in 1995, who took over this site after 2002.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.02 miles
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Plane tree and factory building at Bilston, Wolverhampton
The plane trees by the A41 Wellington Road between Wolverhampton and Bilston have only a year or two of branch growth since being cut back. The red-brick building is an extension to the Samuel Edge Boot and Shoe Factory built c1914. The current operation retains the name of Edge, but is not family owned. It deals with imports from the far east (mainly) and is a shoe wholesaler and on-line retailer formed in 1995, that took over this site after 2002.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.02 miles
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Wellington Road approaching Bilston, Wolverhampton
This is the A41, looking south-east towards Bilston town centre. Off to the right is the former Samuel Edge and Son shoe factory.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 14 Feb 2012
0.03 miles