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I've come across a few photographs that were taken inside Ilford Mobberley Factory in the 1930s. Unfortunately the photographs aren't captioned and I can't say for certain what some of the factory workers are doing. Any insight would be hugely appreciated. I think I can only add one photo to the body of this post, so I'll add the others to the comments below.
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Hi Nicola. I may be able to help with these. But not first hand - I didn't arrive at Mobberley until 1983!
This looks like the input (unreeling) or output (re-reeling) end of a film coating machine. I am going to guess that it is the output end. The area he is looking at is possibly there for the operator to inspect the coating quality. Looks like they have just finished threading the machine.
Hi Nicola. I may be able to help with these. But not first hand - I didn't arrive at Mobberley until 1983!
This looks like the input (unreeling) or output (re-reeling) end of a film coating machine. I am going to guess that it is the output end. The area he is looking at is possibly there for the operator to inspect the coating quality. Looks like they have just finished threading the machine.
Pasted again because not sure I put it in the right place.
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