The Spirella Building, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. In 1999 HRH Prince of Wales performed the formal re-opening after the £11m restoration.
The Spirella Building , Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. The factory was built between 1912 and 1920, and was designed to provide a good working environment for its mainly female employees, who were provided with a canteen, library, ballroom, baths and showers, hairdressing, and bicycle repairs. Corsets were made here for over 80 years which were sold by agents known as ‘Corsetieres’.
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Location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Peter Etteridge / Alamy / Afripics
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