A couple of guesses - both related to shoemaking

This was built in 1924 and your photo was 1926. Plausible as it looks fairly new for the time and not Victorian.

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The area also had a tannery - maybe because of the old shoemaking factories closeby

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Posted By: Drinkell on June 29th 2020 at 15:12:10

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same image, different query (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 29, 13:53:33
- Perhaps the answer is in this website (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 29, 15:19:31
  - Uhhhhhh.in a non aggressive tone,you've been a pillock (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 29, 15:28:39
  - perhaps it is (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 29, 15:28:01
- A couple of guesses - both related to shoemaking (General Chat) - Drinkell, Jun 29, 15:12:10
  - I think this it (General Chat) - Drinkell, Jun 29, 15:17:02
    - good shouts (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 29, 15:31:26
      - nope (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Jun 29, 16:02:05
- Anyway,my dad took us there when we were little. Early 70s. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 29, 15:06:06
- from the same map (n/m) (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Jun 29, 14:58:40
  - oops, I think (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Jun 29, 14:59:50
- big industry would have been brewery in that area? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 29, 14:20:33
  - interesting thought (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 29, 14:40:34
    - malthouse to the left of the station near Oak St (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 29, 15:04:59
      - from that map (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Jun 29, 15:08:20
        
        Endura shoe factory? (General Chat) - Drinkell, Jun 29, 15:14:37
        
        Yes, the Thomas Bowhill and Hubbard facory (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Jun 29, 15:19:07

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