EPW053858 ENGLAND (1937). The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937
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| Title | [EPW053858] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937 | 
| Reference | EPW053858 | 
| Date | 25-July-1937 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | STAFFORD | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 392186, 322652 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.1159141362569, 52.801037430488 | 
| National Grid Reference | SJ922227 | 
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|  4F 0-6-0 tender locomotive |   cidge | Monday 2nd of December 2013 12:58:33 PM | 
|  3F 0-6-0T, 'jinty'? |   cidge | Monday 2nd of December 2013 12:57:00 PM | 
|  Diesel or petrol pump |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:23:16 PM | 
|  Road tanker |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:22:51 PM | 
|  Bowling green |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:21:47 PM | 
|  Narrow-gauge tracks - internal rail system |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:19:07 PM | 
|  Cattle truck |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:18:08 PM | 
|  Wagon turntables |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:17:39 PM | 
|  Horse-drawn wagons, some awaiting horses |   MB | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 07:17:04 PM | 
|  Settle Speakman coal trucks- before nationalisation they were colliery owners, but were later coal shippers and merchants operating from a number of locations. |   totoro | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:16:53 PM | 
|  Heels Ltd - In about 1920 Heels Ltd. built their factory in Friars Terrace, Stafford, specialising in the manufacture of wooden heels for the boot and shoe trade. They became the largest manufacturer of heels in Britain, producing 400,000 dozen pairs a year at the company’s peak.
The company were ultimately unable to keep up with new fashions and new methods of manufacturing shoes, which required plastic heels. The business closed in 1967 and the facory has since been demolished. |   totoro | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:08:55 PM | 
|  There are no longer houses here |   totoro | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:05:21 PM | 
|  There are now houses here |   totoro | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 05:05:03 PM | 
|  Friars Road |   totoro | Tuesday 22nd of October 2013 04:57:09 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW053858] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053858.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EPW053862] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053862.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053859] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053859.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053863] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053863.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053861] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053861.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053860] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053860.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053857] The Heels Ltd factory on Friars' Terrace and environs, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053857.jpg) 
 ![[EPW034023] The town centre, Stafford, 1930](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/034/EPW034023.jpg) 
 ![[EPW020051] Stafford Goods Station and Railway Sidings, Forebridge, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/020/EPW020051.jpg) 
 ![[EPW014105] Wolverhampton Road and environs, Forebridge, 1925. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/014/EPW014105.jpg) 
 ![[EPW020053] The Railway Station, King Edward VI Grammar School and the Town, Stafford, from the south-west, 1927](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/020/EPW020053.jpg) 
 ![[EPW034020] Forebridge and the town centre, Stafford, 1930](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/034/EPW034020.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053378] Wolverhampton Road and the town centre, Stafford, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053378.jpg)