Many families will have relatives who have worked at Bryan Donkins, Tube Investments, Dema Glass,Trebor Bassett, Markham Engineering.
Those big-name businesses may have disappeared from town now but recollections of team work and enduring friendship remain for their employees.
Here’s a look back at factories in Chesterfield over the past century.
Here’s a look back at factories in Chesterfield over the past century.
![Getting down to business at Bryan Donkins works in 1952.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNlOTBiNWJmLTc1NmUtNGM1MS1iNTIxLWFkZTM0Y2ZlMTY0ZDo4NDZmNjY0My1iYTExLTRiNmItYTYwNy04YTY3NjRjNTk3Nzc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Factory focus
Getting down to business at Bryan Donkins works in 1952. Photo: R. Wilsher
![Chesterfield Tube Works office workers, date unknown.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNhYWI1NTQwLTM5OTktNDJmZC04N2RiLWVjZWY0NjAzZDIyODpmYWM1NTgyZi04MjJhLTQzZDAtYTNiNi03ZDdmODI2YmY1NTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Factory focus
Chesterfield Tube Works office workers, date unknown. Photo: Georgine Lewis
![Promo girls for Sutherlands potted meat factory in Chesterfield.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVmYzI0NjRmLWI4ZjQtNGVjOS05NmE5LTI3YTFmNzUzMDUwMjo3YTAzNzkyYi0zY2QxLTQ5MGUtYmY5OS0yM2E0NTM4NzAwYmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Factory focus
Promo girls for Sutherlands potted meat factory in Chesterfield. Photo: Submitted
![Robinsons factory overlooking Chatsworth Road in the early 1980s.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjlkZmQ5YzlhLTg3NTctNDBiMS1iOThlLTcwMzM1N2Q1ZTU0Mzo1YzQ0ZDJjNy1jOTBkLTRmN2QtOGJmYi0yY2Y5OWMyMGZjMmQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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Robinsons factory overlooking Chatsworth Road in the early 1980s. Photo: John Stanley
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