No 1 Factory Air Raid Shelter
Brian Dominic
Late 1960s
Photograph of John Player's No. 2 Factory
Exterior view of No. 2 Factory on Radford Boulevard. Work was completed in 1932 and the building measured 250,000 square foot.The factory continued to produce cigarettes until the 1970s, when Player's moved production to its new Horizon factory.
P819
1932
Photograph of the Electronics Section
A photograph of Tom Keatley, Mick Clifford, Tony Wardle, Frank Booth, Neville Wildgoose and Les Bacon at work in the electronics section at the Radford site.
Tony Wardle
Photograph of Factory Floor and Production Line
Photograph showing a factory floor production line of 'Gold Leaf' tobacco boxes. A male supervisor can be seen inspecting the women at work.
P78
1970-1980
Photograph of Miss England Visit
Miss England on a tour of the factory. She is shown shaking hands with a female employee who was busy processing tobacco leaf.
In the summer of 1967, the then Miss England Jennifer Lewis was invited to take a tour of John Player & Sons No. 3 factory. Later in the same year Miss Lewis was crowned Miss United Kingdom.
P2088
1967
Photograph of John Player Special Racing Car
Racing car branded with the JPS logo on the front and sides. "TISSOT // QUARTZ // 11" appears on the car. Workers are standing in the grounds of the No. 3 Factory dispatch docks looking at the car.
John Player & Sons sponsored the Formula One racing team Team Lotus from 1968. Initially, the team was sponsored by Player's Gold Leaf brand and raced in the colours of white,red and gold. This brand was replaced as sponsor of Team Lotus in 1971 by John Player Special, when the racing cars began to be decorated in the brand's iconic black and gold colours. Player's continued to sponsor Team lotus until 1987, with a brief break from sponsoring Formula One between 1978 and 1981.
P2369
1971-1980
Photograph from the Closure of No. 3 Factory
A group of workers with the last cigarettes made at No. 3 factory, standing by the packing machine.
P2300
1984