• Reference
    WB/Green7/7/3
  • Title
    Luton Hat Trail 1 - The Bute Street Area, a pamphlet on the hat trade and buildings connected with it produced by Luton Borough Council Planning & Development Department with following buildings [an asterisk indicates an image]: Artezium, 65-67 Bute Street, formerly James Egleton Limited hat factory; Walter Gurney & Sons hat factory, 64 Bute Street*; hat press machine from James Egleton's factory*; Maurice Davis hat factory*, Guildford Street and Barbers Lane; Wheelwright Arms*, Guildford Street; 32 Guildford Street (former hat factory); 30 Guildford Street, Stirling House (former hat factory); Millyard gates, 24 Guildford Street; Bute Mills, Guildford Street; Great Northern Steam Mills, Guildford Street; 37-39 Guildford Street* (formerly Austin & Company); 23-27 Guildford Street* (former hat factory); 12 Guildford Street (formerly Asher Hucklesby's warehouse); Balfours, Church Street (modern hat factory); Kangol Limited, Church Street (modern hat factory); D.H.Pickering & Company, Power Court (modern hat factory); Melson Arms, corner of John Street and Church Street; 4-10 Melson Street (10 a former hat factory); Waynes Court, John Street* (formerly J.F.Tooley Limited, corn merchants); 39-47 John Street, J.Albert& Company , hat factory; 35-37 John Street; building in John Street*; Legends night club, John Street (former hat factory); 16 John Street (former hat factory); 49 Cheapside; Mad Hatters Club*, Cheapside (previously Cowper Arms coffee shop run by Bedfordshire Coffee Company); 42-48 Cheapside (former hat factories); British Queen, corner of Silver Street and Bute Street; Beer Engine (previously Engine), Bute Street; backs of former hat factories in Guildford Street*; Vyse Hat Factory* (later TSB Bank), Bute Street, with note of fire of 1930; Coopers Arms, Bute Street; 50-52 Bute Street*; former warehouses, corner of Bute Street and Guildford Street; 57-61 Guildford Street* (former hat factory); Bridge Tavern, Bridge Street; George Field, Bridge Street (former hat factory); 50 Guildford Street*, Balfour & Sons (modern hat factory); 40 Guildford Street* (former hat factory); Shannon Hotel, Guildford Street; Great Northern (previously Ship), Bute Street; Trattoria, Bute Street; George II, Bute Street; Tourist Information Centre, ButeStreet
  • Date free text
    1990s
  • Production date
    From: 1990 To: 2000
  • Level of description
    item