Walker's Tannery brought prosperity and THAT smell to Bolton
Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history The Bolton Evening News wrote in April 1977 that “every week the 470 workers turn 6,000 hairy, smelly hides into high-grade leathers for every purpose under the sun. Their products go to the ends of the earth for conversion into shoes, fashion wear, handbags, hats, brief cases, schoolbags.” Within less than five years, Walkers’ Tannery had closed and those workers – my dad amongst t...
Source: theboltonnews.co.uk