Many thanks to David Eaves for sending in these photographs, taken in the 1930s, of this commercial general print shop based in Accrington, Lancashire, UK.
David supplied this information on the company: “Jas. Broadley Ltd. were established in 1841 at Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington in North East Lancashire UK.
They were fine process art catalogue printers and engravers, show card designers, chromo lithographers and publishers.
Broadleys were a major employer and the plant utilised an extensive range of letterpress and lithographic machinery and a large in-house finishing department and bindery.
In later years following its acquisition by BPCC the company discarded its letterpress division and specialised in litho label production.
The business closed in the late 1980s.”
The Metal Type Library has an 18-page illustrated advertising brochure for the Chas. Broadley company available as a PDF download: Metal Type Library – Miscellaneous.