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BUILDINGS

THE WIDE HIGH STREET

THE LACE FACTORY
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The Lace Factory c1930s

The building of the Lace Factory on the east side of the High Street is the last example of a commercial attempt locally to keep the lace industry viable, in spite of the changing economic climate and the vagaries of fashion. The factory was built in 1928 by a slightly eccentric character, one Harry Armstrong, who hailed from Stoke Goldington. He employed George Knight to build him ‘something the like of which Olney had not seen before’. Builder George had to talk him out of Corinthian columns and other fanciful designs.

WESTLANDS (NOW THE CHERRY TREE RESTAURANT)

ORCHARD HOUSE Nos 67 & 69 HIGH STREET

OLNEY’S ELECTRIC CINEMA

COBBS GARDEN

THE KNOLL

THE TWO BREWERS INN

CLIFTON HOUSE

LORD’S MALTINGS

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