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Gentleman of the leather industry dies

24/04/2009

Irvine Popplewell, the former senior sales representative at the Garston Tannery in Liverpool, has died at the age of 84.Mr Popplewell's career in the leather industry began in 1950 when he joined the sales team that the Highfield Tanning Company in Runcorn. In spite of Runcorn's important tanning tradition, Highfield closed down in 1967, but Mr...

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