What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Bamforth & Co. This building was the film studio and warehouse of the firm founded by James Bamforth in 1870. The firm became famous as a producer of lantern slides, a pioneer of motion pictures and a publisher of comic postcards. Recorded plaque organisation: Holme Valley Civic Society.
From the Open Plaques record 41109
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