Commercial Mill 1900's

A very cluttered Commercial Mill,with some of the staff showing off some of their Coronation Decorations
The Commercial Mill was as far as I know a cooperative mill that was built around 1861.In an advert from the Preston Guardian 13th May 1868 the mill was up for auction at the now long gone Brownlow Arms. Commercial Mill in the end went for £13,250 to a John Mercer.In1886 the mill was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt
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