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A general view of the workshop floor of one of Rochester’s most successful exporters, Aveling and Porter, whose Invicta-badged steam rollers, traction engines and the like had an enviable reputation around the globe.

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A view of one of the machine workrooms of the wholesale clothier Cook, Son and Co. Ltd at its 324 High Street, Chatham premises.

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Diversification in trade is not a new phenomenon, as this shot of the jam making room at Delce Mill proves.

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Operating room of the then state-of-the-art flour mill at Glover and Sons, Delce Mill, Rochester.

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Bygone splendour portrayed in these items of elegant furniture for sale in the dining room furniture department of Franklin Homan Limited, at its store at 180-184 Eastgate, Rochester.

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Part of the soft furnishing department of Franklin Homan Limited on the ground floor of its purpose-built premises at 180–184 Eastgate, Rochester.

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The highly successful confectionery department of S J Hart and Son at its 247 High Street, Chatham store.

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A view of part of the ground floor saleroom of S J Hart and Son’s headquarters building at 247 High Street, Chatham.