| Description | In 1926, Cannon Iron Foundries Ltd. celebrated their first centenary, and the company gave the workforce a trip to Blackpool and a celebration dinner, on Saturday 18th September 1926. Two trains conveyed 850 members of the workforce to Blackpool, where they spent the day. The company dinner was served in the Indian Lounge at the Blackpool Winter Gardens. Throughout the dinner, an orchestra played on the balcony. The black and white photographs show:
Employees waiting for the train at Coseley Railway Station, early morning (3 photographs).
Directors and friends pictured on arrival at Blackpool Central Station, with Blackpool Tower in the background (1 photograph).
A crowd scene of employees entering the Indian Lounge at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool (1 photograph)
Catering staff at the Winter Gardens standing by the laid and decorated tables, awaiting the Cannon employees (1 photograph).
The Cannon workforce, including men, women and children, seated at long dinner tables with a banner bearing the words 'One hundred to-day' at the back of the room (2 photographs). |