1933: a Leys train leaving the factory sidings with a consignment of castingsPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1930s: tapping the furnace Photograph: Leys Malleable Castings Company1928: women in the sand core shop where sand was mixed with oil and baked to create the mould for the castingsPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings Company
1928: men in the grinding shopPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1930s: a machine workerPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1930: the Leys fire brigade photographed after attending a pulverised coal fire in the factoryPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1930s: women in the sand core shopPhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1930s: planing and facing on a rotary planePhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings CompanyCirca 1920s: the Leys main officePhotograph: Leys Malleable Castings Company
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