A Group of Workers at an Unknown Brickworks"

Buckley

1905

On the reverse is:

S.M. Gibson & Co. Limited

Saltwell Road

Gateshead

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It is not known for certain that this was taken in Buckley. Any information would be welcomed. From the piece below, it can be deduced that the photograph was taken some time before 1906.

The following was taken from:

www.foggieloan.co.uk (6.2013)

Stephen Madison Gibson, photographer, is listed in the 1906 directory at 2, Hedley Street, Gateshead. From 1910 he built up a photographic empire with branches as widespread as Dublin, Liverpool and Bristol. Although registered as S.M. Gibson & Co. Post Card Publishers, it was always a one man business. At one stage he had about 90 cameras dispersed throughout Britain for photographic work and he himself toured seaside resorts recording.

At the start of World War One, all the cameras were called in for security reasons and this, together with declining health, meant the end of his business. He died in 1915.

Author: foggieloan

A Group of Workers at an Unknown Brickworks"

Buckley

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