Home
Map Page
Page Index
What's New
Shop
Contact Us

 

Welsh Products Ltd.

'The Button Factory'

Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil.

 
 

Building the 'Button Factory'

 

 

Glamor Buttons - Made by Welsh Products Limited, Dowlais, Glamorgan

on display at a Folk Museum at Hutton Le Hole near Pickering and Thirsk

(Photograph Courtesy of Dave Jones & Ceinwen Statter)

 

 

     
 

 

 
Pictures Inside the Factory.

 

Blod Jarvis

(Name Courtesy of Annette Thomas)

 

Button Factory - Factory Outing

(Photograph Courtesy of Susan Kelly)

 

Button Factory - Party / Event

Button Factory owner Mr Adler is seen second from the left in the front row. Behind him is John Phillips.

(Photograph Courtesy of Susan Kelly)

 

Welsh Products - Mr. Bandler's (Director) 60th Birthday Party - 24th January 1945

Back Row L-R:              ?, ?, ?, Alfred (Alf) Antcliffe, Herbert Finkelstein, ?, Franz Brantl (not Brantel as named elsewhere on the page), ?, ? and (possibly) Joseph Gross.
Middle Row L-R:          
?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Erna Finkelstein, ? and Anna Brantl.

(Photograph Courtesy of Robert Fraser)

 

Welsh Products - Christmas Party - Circa 1952.

Peter's father Cyril was the foreman at the factory. Father Christmas is Mr. Brantel.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Peter Mylam)

 

Button Factory Christmas Party

Third from the left (standing on the table, being held by her aunt: Mrs Doris Goode formally Hutton) is Sandra Thomas, her mother

Mrs Elfys Thomas formally Hutton of Market Street Dowlais also worked at the factory. In the middle, with the suit on, is Peter Davies.

(Photograph Courtesy of Peter Davies)

 

Welsh Products - Christmas Party - Circa 1952.

Peter's father Cyril was the foreman at the factory.

(Photograph & Information Courtesy of Peter Mylam)

 
 
 

Button Factory Christmas Party

Ann Williams (nee Phillips) and Thelma Farmer (Standing),

Sandra Thomas (sitting) front extreme right

(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas)

 

Button Factory Christmas Party

Mother Elfys Thomas (nee Hutton) with Sisters Ann Thomas (now Mitchell)

and Sandra Thomas (Year not known)

(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas)

 
     
 

Button Factory Christmas Party

Doris Goode (nee Hutton) with Ann Thomas (now Mitchell), year not known.

(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas)

 

Christmas Party

Year not known

Any information would be appreciated

(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas)

 
Button Factory Christmas Party

Any information would be appreciated

(Photograph courtesy of Sandra Thomas)

The Button Factory - Shortly Before Demolition

(Photograph Courtesy of John Jones)

 
 

Do you have any information or names for the photographs above?

If so please email us, by clicking the 'Contact Us' button.

 

To Merthyr Factories