Pay day at Butlers Wharf, London

Photograph taken c 1910 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BB87/09666

Many people were paid weekly in cash until relatively recently. These men are waiting patiently on Friday afternoon while the paymaster looks on. For security reasons the wages were kept in a locked section of the works.

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Greater London Southwark

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Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

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This mill was originally known as Jumble Hole Mill. It was first mentioned in 1788. Between 1815 and 1826 it was owned by Christopher Rawden who owned several mills in the locality. On 11th August 1899 the mill was destroyed by fire. This photograph could have been taken after the fire. The mill was altered and extended during the 19th and 20th century. The 1947 Yorkshire textile Industry directory has an entry for Jumble Hole Mill:
'Cocker and Co (1929) Ltd. (bleaching, dyeing and finishing of blacks and colours; rayons; crepes; cashmeres; brocades; muslins)
Cockers closed in the 1950s, but the mill was later used for silk dyeing.

Pay day at Butlers Wharf, London

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