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Rose Street was laid out circa 1902 and named after Herbert Rose, a partner in a firm of solicitors in Old Town who financed much of the development in Rodbourne at this time (see Morrison Street, etc).
Housing built on the site of Kay & Co factory (formerly Cellular Clothing Co)
February 14th, 2010 | 
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ID Number – 265
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Subject – Housing built on the site of Kay & Co factory (formerly Cellular Clothing Co)
Date – ?
Donor – MillsMr
Street – Morris Street
Location – Junction of Morris Street and Rose Street
Factory – Cellular Clothing
Kay & Co Ltd (formerly Cellular Clothing Company)
ID Number – 262
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Subject – Kay & Co Ltd (formerly Cellular Clothing Company)
Date – ?
Donor – MillsMr
Street – Morris Street
Location – Junction of Morris Street and Rose Street
Factory – Cellular Clothing
Milk Delivery Girls
ID Number – 259
Image No – img280
Subject – Milk Delivery Girls
Date – 1949
Donor – DeanJohn
Street – Rose Street
Location – Rose Street
Additional info – Beryl Hiscock & Phylis Jones on Brown’s Dairy electric handcart. Beryl was fined on an earlier occasion by a policeman in Montagu Street for driving an electric handcart without a license
The Small Family
Group Photo info – Derek Small, Roy Small, Beryl Small, Alan Small, Betty Small, Ruth Small
Mervyn Small, Minnie Small, Jean Small, Morris Small
ID Number – 258
Image No – img279
Subject – The Small Family
Date – ?
Donor – DeanJohn
Street – Rose Street
Location – ?
Group Activity – Family Photo
Complaints about lorries from Kays in “Western Voice” (Labour Party Publication)
ID Number – 253
Image No – img322
Subject – Complaints about lorries from Kays in “Western Voice” (Labour Party Publication)
Date – ?
Donor – WalkleyJoyce
Street – Rose Street
Location – Kays Factory, Rose Street
Factory – Kays Factory
Additional Info – formerly known as the Cellular Clothing Company and locally as “The Shirt Factory”
Delcia Appleby nee Worsdell outside the Even Swindon Bakery
ID Number – 382
Image No – img115
Subject – Delcia Appleby nee Worsdell
Date – circa 1952
Donor – ApplebyDelcia
Street – Rose Street & Jennings Street
Location – Junction of Rose Street and Jennings Street
Group Activity – Family Photo
Even Swindon Bakery Ltd shop & bakehouse in the background. This was known as Castles locally
Posted in Castles, Even Swindon Bakery, Family Photo, Jennings Street, Photo, Rose Street | 
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Cellular Clothing Workers group – “The Shirting Girls”
Group Photo info – Laura Hazell 1st on left back row (head only with spectacles), Ivy Worsdell nee Pinnegar 2nd from right back row(head only)
Joan Brown 5th from left in 2nd row from front
Others unknownID Number – 377
Image No – img101
Subject – Workers group
Date – circa 1950s
Donor – ApplebyDelcia
Street – Rose Street
Location – Cellular Clothing Factory field
Factory – Cellular Clothing
Group Activity – Staff Photo
Brown’s Dairy, Ready to start the round-Bedwin the horse
Group Photo info – Bedwin the horse, raring to go
ID Number – 359
Image No – img013
Subject – Ready to start the round-Bedwin
Date – circa 1920s
Donor – CastleMr JE
Street – Rose Street
Location – Rose Street
Brown’s Dairy Advertisement in St Augustne’s Church magazine
ID Number – 253.10
Image No – img062
Subject – St Augustine’s Church Magazine Advertisement page
Date – 1950
Donor – WalkleyJoyce
Street – Rose Street
Location – Rose Street
Charles Brown in his dairy with his Son Les
Group Photo info – From left, Charles Brown(owner) and Les Brown
ID Number – 357
Image No – img010
Subject – Charles Brown in his dairy with his Son Les
Date – circa 1927
Donor – CastleMr JE
Street – Rose Street
Location – Browns Dairy
Group Activity – Family Photo
Addt. Info – Note the milk churns on the hand cart. This is how most housholders of this era had their milk delivered. This was a posh one though as it had a tap instead of a ladle to pour the milk.