Office too warm? Imagine working in these former factories of Norwich
Start-Rite staff at the Ward Shoe Company, Magdalen Street, Norwich. Date: Jan 1974. Picture: EDP Library - Credit: Archant
The heatwave might get staff grumbling about the office - but not too long ago they would have been rolling up their sleeves and heading to a factory instead.
As a summer of fun draws to a close and pupils head back to the classroom, we take a look back at what work looked like in Norwich in the past.
Staff working on the production line at Rowntree Mackintosh chocolate factory, Norwich. pic taken 6th may 1969 c12521 - Credit: Archant Library
Of course, shoe-making has always been one of the skills the city was famed for and has retained to this day.
Colman's Mustard in Norwich. Pic: EDP - Credit: Archant
And sticking with the theme of fashion, the city was also once home to a handbag manufacturer.
Ready for distribution at the Colman's factory, 1994 - Credit: Archant
Hard at work on one of the many production lines at the Colman's factory, c1960. Picture: Archant library - Credit: Archant
One of the city's best-known brands, generations of families were also employed by the Colman's Mustard brand, which employed hundreds of people in the city centre.
Colman's Mustard in Norwich - Credit: Archant
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Looking back at Colman's Mustard in Norwich - Credit: Archant
Filling mustard jars at the Colman's factory in 1940 - Credit: Colman's/Unilever
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