Talbots Place Colour:White By the 1970s the factory

By the 1970s the factory was trading as Purnell Shoe Company

White ceramic tiles line the service wall of the Balmain Leagues Club kitchen

The rear mezzanine of the ABBCO Bakery sits under a layer of dust

A cracked plastic power point

The office once coordinated a steam-driven dairy plant that opened in 1939 with a capacity for 70 to 80 workers across three shifts

Talbots Place Colour:White By the 1970s the factoryA corrugated iron shed bearing the painted name "J. E. Talbot" stands in rural New South Wales, its rusted roller door flanked by old drums, timber pallets, and a weathered bowser. Grass and wildflowers have taken back the yard. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.