Painted Fabrics Limited was started by Annie Bindon Carter in 1923.
During WW1 Annie volunteered her time at Wharncliffe War Hospital at Middlewood, Sheffield. She taught convalescent patients to stencil as a pastime.
Annie came across many injured servicemen who were being brought back from the trenches with limbs missing and through her rehabilitation programme gave purpose to the men who given up and her motto was work not charity.
These pictures have been submitted by Picture Sheffield, the city’s archive, and showcase a different time and how the injured men returning from work forged a new life for themselves.
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1. Royal visit
Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) meeting personnel from Painted Fabrics, 1935 Photo: Picture Sheffield
2. Painted Fabrics
Painted Fabrics - L W Thompson, 1920s Photo: Picture Sheffield
3. Princess and the painted fabrics
Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood's visit to Painted Fabrics, 1928 Photo: Picture Sheffield
4. Ex-servicemen
Ex-servicemen in a new dug-out, Imperial Exhibition, London, 1933 Photo: Picture Sheffield