Atherstone. Hat manufacture

Hat making workshop at Atherstone. Worker in the shaping workshop where the cones are moulded into various shapes with a steam heated press and the rims pulled out either by hand or machine.  1950s [ The gentleman in the photograph has been identified as Dick Evans.] |  IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire Museums. Photographic Collections.)
Hat making workshop at Atherstone. Worker in the shaping workshop where the cones are moulded into various shapes with a steam heated press and the rims pulled out either by hand or machine. 1950s [ The gentleman in the photograph has been identified as Dick Evans.]
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire Museums. Photographic Collections.)
Reference: C, 2492, img: 4374
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