Here’s an excellent article posted today (8 September 2016) on the Guardian newspaper website about the Bata factory and estate:
Link to Guardian article on the architectural heritage of the Bata estate and shoe factory
It sets the scene very well for our participation in the National Heritage Open Days events over this coming weekend. If it whets your appetite, then come along – we’re open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am until 5:00pm.
In the 1930s, the Czech shoe giant built a model town for its workers, who shopped in the company supermarket, stocked up at the company farm, and kept their…
THEGUARDIAN.COM|BY TIM BURROWS
With thanks to Tim Burrows and The Guardian
Guardian article on the architectural heritage of the East Tilbury Bata estate and factory
