Rushden Research Group: Shoe Trade Index

Rushden
The Shoe Trade


Sole Press c1950	Grenson's - finished samples

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History		Factories - Brief history of some firms see also Trade Biographical Directories 1914 & 1916
	Overview		Allebone & Sons Ltd
	Glossary		Bignells Ltd.
	Shoe Trade - Victoria County History		Bignells Ltd 1943
	Shoemaking Before Machinery		Charles Bull & Co - Company Difficulties
	The Growth of the Shoe Industry (A-Level Study)		John Cave and Sons
			Expansion in 1898
	The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade		John Cave & Sons - plans 1901
	(includes interactive maps feature)		John Cave & Sons - 1905
	Shoe Firms - Index		John Cave & Sons - 1905 inside factory
	Factories by Streets		John Cave & Sons Ltd - 1906
	Factory Survey - 23 York Road		John Cave & Sons 1935
	"Hearts & Soles"		John Cave & Sons - 1940s workers
	Shoe Trade and Non-conformity 1881-1901 (BA Study)		John Cave & Sons - 1950s - retirement & outing
	Non-conformist Shoe Manufacturers		Centenary - 1950 (includes e-book feature)
	Factory Collections for Miss Wooding - 1898		Centenary Programme
	Rushden & Industry 1900		Snippets
	New Factories - 1908		Ebenezer Claridge & Sons
	Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914		Clarke T T - Bespoke Boots
	Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916		Clarke & Co
	Making a Shoe - with glossary of shoe trade terms		William Colson & Co
	Boot & Shoe School		Co-op Wholesale Society
	Boot & Shoe School		New Factory Opens 1901
	Log Book		Peter Danby - Co-op Fire Brigade (includes sound clip)
	Honours Boards		Fire Team - Winners 1927
	The Great Lockout 1895		Fire Team - 1940s
	Employees Fund 1898		Inside the factory c1970s
	Trade Union Membership		Factory demolition 1987
	Trade Union 1934		Nathaniel Crick
	NUBSO Report 1967		Cunnington Bros.
	Shoe craft in wartime 1944		Denton's (includes interactive e-book feature)
	Boot Trades Association 1948		Employees Tea
	Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940		Apprentice William Hector
	Rivetters & Finishers		Employees - Xmas 1948 & 1953
	Rushden Shoe Manufacturers - Secretary 1930		D B Shoes Ltd
	Manufacturers' Dinner 1882		DB Shoes in 1975
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association History		Double 'M' Shoemakers 1982
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Jubilee 1958		Eaton & Co (includes e-book feature)
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts 1958		Eaton & Co Departments
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts		Eaton & Co 2 (includes e-book feature)
	1955 Employment figures		Fine Art Shoe Co (includes e-book feature)
	Careers 1973		Sidney Fox
	The Shoe Industry 1973-1981 (School Study)		William Green - founder of Grenson
	Caring for Shoes		Grenson's Centenary
	Rushden Shoe Trade 1982		William Hewitt
			James Hyde Ltd
Trade			C W Horrell
	Trademarks		"The Oracle" - 1958
	Imports and Exports 1881		C W Horrell 1976
	Army Boot Trade 1898		Jaques & Clark
	Wages - 1898		Jaques & Clark
	War Time Trade 1914		Tom Thacker - Memories
	The Export Trade 1924		Fred Knight
	News Clips		Clickers 1891
			Factory
Leather Trades & Directories			Lofty Slipper Co. Ltd
	Biographical Directory 1914		Sanders & Sanders
	Biographical Directory 1916		Outworkers - 1884
	Leather Trades Directories - Index		Old Papers - 1884
	See also Trade Directories in Genealogy Section		Customers - 1884
	Leather Trades Dinner 1881		Fire 1924
			W B Sanders retires 1925
Retailers			Alfred Sargent's
	Penn and Simmons Ltd		Walter Sargent's
			Closure
Allied Trades			History
	Adhesive Supplies		The Story of Sargent's Partnership 1903 - 1919
	Radburne & Bennett Ltd		Selwoods 1908
	Box makers		Tecnic's
	H W Chapman Ltd		Tecnic Factory (New)
	Curriers		Tecnic History
	Tanners Regulations 1663		W. C. Tarry
	F Corby Ltd - curriers		Janet Holloway's Memories
	Heel makers		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Daniels - Ashford & Daniels		Totectors Lorry
	P Collins & Co Ltd		Tuffrey's Bespoke Boot Works
	Rushden Heel Co Ltd		Tuffrey's - Company Difficulties
	Shortlands		Tyzone Boot Company
	Leather Merchants		John White's
	Clifford Collins		John White Biography
	Pattern Makers		Expansion 1923
	Welch and Hooton		Expansion 1930
	Repairers		Building of Lime Street Factory
	Leeding - Repairers		Inside Lime Street
	Sock makers		Report 1940
	H T Mackness		50th Anniversary
	Soles and Insoles		Reunion Dinner 1963
	George H Bull Ltd		Diamond Jubilee
	Stain & Polish		Wedding of John White's daughter
	Miller's		Autobiography 'KB'
	Andrew Austin Ltd		Signature
	Supplying the power		C K Woods
	Central Machinery Co.		Victoria Shoe Company
	Gas Engines		Wear & Waterproof Leather Co.

Shoe Machinery		Memories
	Cox & Wright		Shoe Trade in the 1930s
	(includes 2 interactive e-book features)		Shoe Trade in the 1950s
	A Cox & Wright Apprenticeship 1973		Jack Tear
	Riveting		Ron Hunt at Tecnic
	Slugging Machine 1901		Reg Bird - Working in the Shoe Trade
	Slugging Machine 1907		Paul Roberts at Wilkins & Denton
	E Salmon & Co - Engineers 1904		Starting Work - Hubert Dickens
	Fred Hawkes		Starting Work - Doris Watts
	Norris Industries		Jim Matthews - A Life in the Shoe Trade (includes audio clips)
			Alan Harper - Shoe Trade Memories
Shoe Trade Failures			Sam Roughton
	Perkins & Eden - 1893		Shoe Trade - Louie Arnsby
	Sharp & Corbett - 1881		Strong & Fisher - office - 1980s
	for Bankruptcies see Index in Commerce

Health Reports		Accidents
	Flu 1970		Fatality at Tannery 1923
			Accidents