What is recorded here
This grey commemorative plaque records: In this house lived John Leavers, Inventor of the Leavers Lace Machine 1913 (The House on this site to which the above plaque was fixed was demolished in July 1959) Recorded plaque organisation: Holbrook Bequest.
John Leavers invented the Leavers Lace Machine in 1913, revolutionizing lace manufacturing by enabling faster and more efficient production of lace goods.
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