100-year-old glove factory keeps things old hand - News Summed Up

100-year-old glove factory keeps things old hand


's Watson Gloves factory, but workers there are repeating the same tasks their predecessors have performed for a century. Moore, left, an unnamed worker, centre background, and business partner Wayne B. Stanley, right, in the Watson Gloves' showroom. Moore's grandson and current president, says the process of glove making has largely stayed the same. Watch a glove being made from hide to hand at the Watson Gloves factory:Watch and see how work gloves are made1:32A 100-year-old glove making factory in the Lower Mainland seems like an anachronism in an era where factory work is being outsourced or shuttered in favour of newer industries. An early company photo of staff from the Watson Gloves Factory in Vancouver.


Source: CBC News January 28, 2018 22:02 UTC



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