External photographs of the building and its development from 1925 to 1959.
1) Before the British Needle Co. existed, the Victoria Street factory was owned by Henry Lewis and Son, Needle and Fish Hook manufacturers. 1884
2) Called ‘Argosy Works’, this shows the location of the premises in later years. 1967
3) A photograph taken from the bedroom of a house opposite the works on Victoria Street. 1925
4) The British Needle Company’s Argosy Works on the corner of Victoria and Peakman Streets. The expanded buildings now include land on the corner previously occupled by cottages 2 and 4 Victoria Street. 1946
5) A view of the works from the corner of Victoria and Peakman Streets. 1946
6) Another view of the Victoria Street works. The cottages on the left (Nos. 8 and 10) were acquired in 1940, and the bricks in the road are the result of their demolitions at the back for construction of the new Scouring Mill in 1947. 1946
7) Waste land on the Wellington Street (rear) side of the works. 1946
8) Looking down Victoria Street from the corner of Queen Street, with Peakman Street in the distance. The works are at the far end of the street, on the left. 1947
9) Another view of the works, taken from the corner of Victoria and Peakman Streets. 1947
10) A view of the offices taken from the bedroom of a house in Victoria Street, opposite the works. Note the Crows Nest used during the war-time raids in 1940. 1947
11) The bridge, with the Clock House below it. This view, taken from Victoria Street, looks through the main gates. 1947
12) Rebuilding work at the British Needle Company’s Argosy Works. 1959
13) Rebuilding work continuing. 1959
14) Rebuilding work continuing. 1959