![Contact Sheet c1992](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549226607869-4YABRSS9ZV4O8Y19J8AM/Indian+Factory+Contact+Sheet+web.jpg)
Selected photographs for final edit marked in red
![Tarsem Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618604044-0OHU2J0NITSJSTEFN38L/Moms+Factory001web2.jpg)
Tarsem Singh that pictured here with machinery that tests industrial mopps for quality control.
![Jasvinder Kaur chatting with a colleague](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618696265-XDBP1AMCH0UN2WLVPKWH/Moms+Factory074+edited.jpg)
![Tarsem Singh and colleagues](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548789623210-GJUNCII6O4NYBK7JJHBH/Moms+Factory034+web.jpg)
Tarsem Colleagues mounting plastic fixings inside small industrial mopps.
![Gurnam Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548768238156-ABAKRGB9K2WOIQ7IM441/Moms+Factory070+web.jpg)
Gurnam sowing small industrial mops for plating machinery.
![Harbans Sher-Gil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618854980-K3LO8FSTMY60SBW7JK7T/Moms+Factory063+edited.jpg)
Harbans Kaur known as ‘Banso’ trying to hide from the photographer.
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618945694-V86HWPZ9BQB45EYLYQDA/Moms+Factory055+edited.jpg)
Shetal Kaur aerobically prepares material for cutting as part of manufacture of industrial mopps.
![Surjit Kaur and Raj Gil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548797469561-S3EBVAB94XM4ITNTTZFW/Moms+Factory053+web.jpg)
Material is rolled out ironed and checked ready for machine cutting into various sized industrial mopps.
![Baljit Kaur and Gurnam Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549231104157-18KWY50LD48EGX5B67LF/Moms+Factory049+edited.jpg)
Baljit and Gurnam prepare machinery and cut and prepare industrial mopps to size.
![Baljit Kaur and Manjit Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549231104443-CFMKQYYRP8546NSDB4RR/Moms+Factory050+edited.jpg)
Baljit Kaur operates plant machinery to cut large scale industrial mopps while Manjit Kaur moves around the shop floor from one job to another.
![Balwant Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548791302525-X2QJIEKM2QWE6EA9QNZ3/Moms+Factory043+web.jpg)
Balwant Kaur operates machinery for cutting various materials for a circular mopp. The mops then are sold on to clients worldwide.
![Narinder Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619249996-KY3QPFW733URDAX99EFY/Moms+Factory042+web.jpg)
Narinder Kaur operating various machinery to stitch mopps made from various materials.
![Tarsem Singh and Narinder Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618807566-9MA73CZZA5HEJR21MUVE/Moms+Factory066+web.jpg)
Tasrem Singh and Narinder discuss job requirement for a mopp stitch.
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619351248-EOE1VTYNS4DHQCPSR1ZS/Moms+Factory030+web.jpg)
During the manufacturing heyday many Punjabi migrants from the 1960s-80s all worked in factories like this one across the Black Country.
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619687661-CALAT2S1WYWQ3FZBZJQY/Moms+Factory005+edited+%28wide%29+web.jpg)
Shetal Kaur has her portrait taken while stitching and preparing mopps.
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618912792-2PD82AVG1NP3TLMGJL1O/Moms+Factory062+web.jpg)
Shetal Kaur on an industrial SINGER machine stitching the various layers for industrial mopps.
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618975679-41WYKIRUEW16X7MMRL4E/Moms+Factory051web.jpg)
Working on sewing machines largely worked by asian ladies
![Punjabi Machinists](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548794820586-WT3A1QQCEOQ4FQ9JEM8K/Moms%2BFactory067%2Bedited.jpg)
Punjabi migrants worked in factories like this all over the Black Country from 1960s onwards.
![Savitri Chhabra works on boring and cutting and preparing for the mopps which will eventually fit on a clients polishing machinery .](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618730837-Z5XEEXV8K654CPZK8SJ2/Moms+Factory071+web.jpg)
Savitri Chhabra works on boring and cutting and preparing for the mopps which will eventually fit on a clients polishing machinery .
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619406674-F4S3X9L80QL1RNP8AWEO/Moms+Factory025+web.jpg)
Savitri Chhabra works on fitting a ratchet that will bore holes into the mopps
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619546727-4EZ66ARMT5Q4WR0J4USN/Moms+Factory018web.jpg)
Savitri Chhabra fits an 8 mm ratchet for machinery to drill a hole into the mopp.
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619309026-LL465M65T75TFSUDRVM9/Moms+Factory033+edited.jpg)
Gurmuk surrounded by mopps for stitching on various machinery.
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548628637280-7IMNMXT7FTP2T7OT6VPR/Moms+Factory032+web.jpg)
Gurmuk prepares finishes touches and also worked as a machine polisher.
![S.Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618632580-L23XL02KT1P676FEGGEE/Moms+Factory081+edited.jpg)
Mrs Kaur and colleague cuts from different types of material to specific sizes in order to start production for mopps.
![Moms Factory020 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548804440613-N3V1HRN2SH5LTA4E3YLY/Moms+Factory020+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory022 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619444236-SRA52N1LQRAYEYJN9X6R/Moms+Factory022+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory088 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548768728425-IWP6620EUCZVIUZ3X2LJ/Moms+Factory088+web.jpg)
!['Badi Mami'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619612248-FKFXCC84QEBFQK987Q2B/Moms+Factory009+web.jpg)
‘Badi Mami’ abbreviated name a for elder auntie were seldom.
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548629997369-5A9UVT2S0Q15HTPKFUVO/Moms+Factory014+web.jpg)
Gurmuk Singh operates smaller machinery to create mopps to use within the factories own polishing and plant machinery.
![Moms Factory004 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619756987-6824Q9EB4N5PBOV3O68N/Moms+Factory004+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory015 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548628739467-QXKN4MOPEP1VY6UEC8C5/Moms+Factory015+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory048 web 2.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548789837807-IXWYHOAQI0BYSNCWWI9J/Moms+Factory048+web+2.jpg)
![Moms Factory016 edited and cropped web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619580687-FBWZ23VFPBKLL8TJIMCM/Moms+Factory016+edited+and+cropped+web.jpg)
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619383449-D4UCHRVBY0J24PEQWXTU/Moms+Factory027+web.jpg)
A worker looks on stitching and repeating the cycle for the production on the industrial mopp.
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619804140-V1SH7M1CL6L2JRPRSPBF/Moms+Factory002+web.jpg)
Punjabi migrants like this lady known as Masi ji (Auntie) pictured have worked most their lives at factories like this often without complaining in jobs that they have chosen to work in out of necessity.
![Contact Sheet c1992](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549226607869-4YABRSS9ZV4O8Y19J8AM/Indian+Factory+Contact+Sheet+web.jpg)
![Tarsem Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618604044-0OHU2J0NITSJSTEFN38L/Moms+Factory001web2.jpg)
![Jasvinder Kaur chatting with a colleague](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618696265-XDBP1AMCH0UN2WLVPKWH/Moms+Factory074+edited.jpg)
![Tarsem Singh and colleagues](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548789623210-GJUNCII6O4NYBK7JJHBH/Moms+Factory034+web.jpg)
![Gurnam Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548768238156-ABAKRGB9K2WOIQ7IM441/Moms+Factory070+web.jpg)
![Harbans Sher-Gil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618854980-K3LO8FSTMY60SBW7JK7T/Moms+Factory063+edited.jpg)
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618945694-V86HWPZ9BQB45EYLYQDA/Moms+Factory055+edited.jpg)
![Surjit Kaur and Raj Gil](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548797469561-S3EBVAB94XM4ITNTTZFW/Moms+Factory053+web.jpg)
![Baljit Kaur and Gurnam Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549231104157-18KWY50LD48EGX5B67LF/Moms+Factory049+edited.jpg)
![Baljit Kaur and Manjit Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1549231104443-CFMKQYYRP8546NSDB4RR/Moms+Factory050+edited.jpg)
![Balwant Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548791302525-X2QJIEKM2QWE6EA9QNZ3/Moms+Factory043+web.jpg)
![Narinder Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619249996-KY3QPFW733URDAX99EFY/Moms+Factory042+web.jpg)
![Tarsem Singh and Narinder Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618807566-9MA73CZZA5HEJR21MUVE/Moms+Factory066+web.jpg)
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619351248-EOE1VTYNS4DHQCPSR1ZS/Moms+Factory030+web.jpg)
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619687661-CALAT2S1WYWQ3FZBZJQY/Moms+Factory005+edited+%28wide%29+web.jpg)
![Shetal Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618912792-2PD82AVG1NP3TLMGJL1O/Moms+Factory062+web.jpg)
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618975679-41WYKIRUEW16X7MMRL4E/Moms+Factory051web.jpg)
![Punjabi Machinists](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548794820586-WT3A1QQCEOQ4FQ9JEM8K/Moms%2BFactory067%2Bedited.jpg)
![Savitri Chhabra works on boring and cutting and preparing for the mopps which will eventually fit on a clients polishing machinery .](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618730837-Z5XEEXV8K654CPZK8SJ2/Moms+Factory071+web.jpg)
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619406674-F4S3X9L80QL1RNP8AWEO/Moms+Factory025+web.jpg)
![Savitri Chhabra](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619546727-4EZ66ARMT5Q4WR0J4USN/Moms+Factory018web.jpg)
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619309026-LL465M65T75TFSUDRVM9/Moms+Factory033+edited.jpg)
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548628637280-7IMNMXT7FTP2T7OT6VPR/Moms+Factory032+web.jpg)
![S.Kaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548618632580-L23XL02KT1P676FEGGEE/Moms+Factory081+edited.jpg)
![Moms Factory020 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548804440613-N3V1HRN2SH5LTA4E3YLY/Moms+Factory020+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory022 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619444236-SRA52N1LQRAYEYJN9X6R/Moms+Factory022+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory088 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548768728425-IWP6620EUCZVIUZ3X2LJ/Moms+Factory088+web.jpg)
!['Badi Mami'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619612248-FKFXCC84QEBFQK987Q2B/Moms+Factory009+web.jpg)
![Gurmuk Singh](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548629997369-5A9UVT2S0Q15HTPKFUVO/Moms+Factory014+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory004 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619756987-6824Q9EB4N5PBOV3O68N/Moms+Factory004+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory015 web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548628739467-QXKN4MOPEP1VY6UEC8C5/Moms+Factory015+web.jpg)
![Moms Factory048 web 2.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548789837807-IXWYHOAQI0BYSNCWWI9J/Moms+Factory048+web+2.jpg)
![Moms Factory016 edited and cropped web.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619580687-FBWZ23VFPBKLL8TJIMCM/Moms+Factory016+edited+and+cropped+web.jpg)
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619383449-D4UCHRVBY0J24PEQWXTU/Moms+Factory027+web.jpg)
![Punjabi worker](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d0aec5e4b057f79c948ea4/1548619804140-V1SH7M1CL6L2JRPRSPBF/Moms+Factory002+web.jpg)
Selected photographs for final edit marked in red
Tarsem Singh that pictured here with machinery that tests industrial mopps for quality control.
Tarsem Colleagues mounting plastic fixings inside small industrial mopps.
Gurnam sowing small industrial mops for plating machinery.
Harbans Kaur known as ‘Banso’ trying to hide from the photographer.
Shetal Kaur aerobically prepares material for cutting as part of manufacture of industrial mopps.
Material is rolled out ironed and checked ready for machine cutting into various sized industrial mopps.
Baljit and Gurnam prepare machinery and cut and prepare industrial mopps to size.
Baljit Kaur operates plant machinery to cut large scale industrial mopps while Manjit Kaur moves around the shop floor from one job to another.
Balwant Kaur operates machinery for cutting various materials for a circular mopp. The mops then are sold on to clients worldwide.
Narinder Kaur operating various machinery to stitch mopps made from various materials.
Tasrem Singh and Narinder discuss job requirement for a mopp stitch.
During the manufacturing heyday many Punjabi migrants from the 1960s-80s all worked in factories like this one across the Black Country.
Shetal Kaur has her portrait taken while stitching and preparing mopps.
Shetal Kaur on an industrial SINGER machine stitching the various layers for industrial mopps.
Working on sewing machines largely worked by asian ladies
Punjabi migrants worked in factories like this all over the Black Country from 1960s onwards.
Savitri Chhabra works on boring and cutting and preparing for the mopps which will eventually fit on a clients polishing machinery .
Savitri Chhabra works on fitting a ratchet that will bore holes into the mopps
Savitri Chhabra fits an 8 mm ratchet for machinery to drill a hole into the mopp.
Gurmuk surrounded by mopps for stitching on various machinery.
Gurmuk prepares finishes touches and also worked as a machine polisher.
Mrs Kaur and colleague cuts from different types of material to specific sizes in order to start production for mopps.
‘Badi Mami’ abbreviated name a for elder auntie were seldom.
Gurmuk Singh operates smaller machinery to create mopps to use within the factories own polishing and plant machinery.
A worker looks on stitching and repeating the cycle for the production on the industrial mopp.
Punjabi migrants like this lady known as Masi ji (Auntie) pictured have worked most their lives at factories like this often without complaining in jobs that they have chosen to work in out of necessity.