c1887 - workers at the Crabb Street Factory of Walter Sargent and Co.
Note the men - clickers - with leather apron covers to protect their midriff. The man with bowler hat and white beard is Mr Wm Sargent.
Two pictures from an album belonging to Mr W E Sargent
The Rushden Echo and Argus, 23rd December, 1949
Decorations at the Rushden Boot Factory of Walter Sargent and Co. suggest that
if the Closers were joined by the Clickers the festive spirit would be complete.
The closing room in 1953 decorated for the Queen's Coronation
