Report - Woollen & Co signmakers, Sheffield - October 2012

[Kaplan]

Woollens has been on my list since I first got into exploring but always seemed to be inaccessible...

History:

Woollen & Co was formed in 1883 by Edwin Woollen, a sign writer and Frederick Ibbotson a lithographic printer. Woollens dealt with bespoke signage including hand painted signage. The site closed in 2008 after a takeover with several former employees going on to form a new Woollens while maintaining some of the old customer base.

With little time available, I ran round the place in my dinner break as it's literally 200 yards from where I work - 34 minutes from clocking out to clocking back in and all 50mm as I didn't have time to change lenses, plus the 50's not been out much in daylight since I got it!

Was actually a lot better than I was expecting with some really cracking little details

Cheers for looking.

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