Postcard - Mono (Document ID: 100190)

Exterior shot of the Falcon Laundry Co. Ltd., Salterhebble Hill, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Advertising as 'The Leading Laundry!' in the Halifax Guardian Almanak, 1908. Falcon Laundry Co. Ltd., of Salterhebble boasted that they 'Guarantee the best examples of Laundry Work that Modern Machinery and skilled labour can produce.'

Catering for both the domestic and industrial needs, they undertook services including carpet beating and bed cleaning by machinery.

Falcon Laundry Co. Ltd., won gold medals at conventions in Leeds, in both 1903 and 1904. [closed 1950s]

In the 1990s the works and surrounding area was regenerated. Part of the work were kept and converted into flats.

Part of the original building still standing 2003.

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