From Mansfield’s Metal Box to Kirkby’s Meridian, to Synseal – the area has had a huge number of factories employing thousands of workers over the years. Factories played a big part in our industrial past.
Did you work at one of these factories?
5. Metal Box
The Metal Box building was a key part of Mansfield's landscape until it was mostly demolished. All that remains now is the clock tower. Photo: Chad
7. Metal Box Factory
George Bird winds the clock above the Metal Box Factory in Mansfield in 1977. Photo: Chad
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