2 Hartford Road

The pic from down Shiney Row of the shirt factory is correct I think, but you could also get to it from the way I said under the Council Offices, just 90 degrees around 😉 The Glove factory was in a double fronted shop with the windows blanked, possibly where PremierExpress/ R&S Convenience Store is, or close by. I think it was a couple of doors away from Hay the butchers shop, I'm talking about over 60 years ago and the East End Front Street isn't recognisable from then as all the shops have changed. I think it may have changed to the Barrington Glove Company when Mr Sharman bought it from the Mautners...

Just joined the site when I posted info about the shirt factory behind Front Street and also mentioned the Bedlington Glove Company which was started by Mr & Mrs Mautner - Rudi and Valli, and it was on the left past the turn for Bedlington Station heading towards Bebside. The Mautners sold up to the Manager Mr Sharman and retired to Cardiff but had a small chain of laundrettes down there. Before they retired they had outgrown the Bedlington building and moved to Barrington Lane, I think it was by the railway going from Barrington to Bedlington Station, the company may have changed names and made items other than gloves there, my father was no longer doing their electrical maintenance by that time following the Mautners retiring. Again it is an old thread but hope it helps.

From memory, Ackroyds shirt factory was through an arch where the Bedlington Urban District Council offices were. It was through the arch and down a bit on the left. As it was a long time ago and I haven't been near Bedlington for years, the arch in question (with offices above) was on the left going down the Front Street from the Red Lion towards the turning down to Bedlington Station. It was on the opposite side of the Front Street to the library which had Abbs milkman behind the library. I know it is an old thread but thought it may still be of interest. Further down past the turning for Bedlington Station, going towards Bebside on the left was the Bedlington Glove Company run by Mr and Mrs Mautner, I think the Manager was called Mr Sharman. They made gloves for Marks & Spencer among other companies.