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JOHNSONS Cleaners has been going through its archive and sent in these pictures of working life at its Bootle base.
Today, the firm is headquartered at Prescot and has grown to become the UK's largest and market leading cleaning company, with 506 branches throughout England, Scotland and Wales. But it's origins date back 192 years to when the Johnson Brothers set up their silk dying company on Raneleigh Street, Liverpool, in 1817.
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Laura Davis - Laura Davis is the Liverpool Daily Post's Arts Editor and 02 Digital Journalist of the Year 2009, which is in a large part due to this blog. She has a long-standing interest in local history and is keen to learn more about your own memories or discoveries about the history of Liverpool and the surrounding area.
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