C W S Hosiery Factory Huthwaite

The new hosiery factory at Huthwaite, which has been erected by the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited, of Manchester is now practically complete, and some 40 hands are at present employed there. It is expected that the place will be fully finished two months hence, when the number of workpeople engaged will be increased to over 400 ….The new premises are of an extensive character, the two principal buildings, both of which are two storeys high, forming two sides of a square, and facing High Street and North Street, with a suite of offices, etc., at the corner. The building facing High Street is 350ft. in length, and 50ft. wide, and that facing North street of similar width, but 230ft. in length. On the first floor of the main building are five departments, housing machinery for the manufacture of hosiery, etc., whilst on the ground floor are a store, finished stock rooms, warehouse, and press and trimming rooms. Another block, measuring 100 feet. by 15 feet, has been erected at the rear of the other buildings, and in this is contained the power house, the dyeing and milling departments, together with the fitters and shop and store. Adjoining the engine-house is the boiler house and economiser, leading on to a chimney stack 95 feet in height. Sufficient land has been obtained to allow for future extensions on the buildings.

Reference           Notts Free Press, 20 December 1907