Rushden Research Group: Shoe Trade Index

Rushden
The Shoe Trade


Sole Press c1950	Grenson's - finished samples

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History		Factories - For brief histories of some firms see also
	Overview		Biographical Trade Directories 1914 & 1916
	Glossary		Allebone & Sons Ltd
	Shoe Trade - Victoria County History		Bignells Ltd.
	Rushden's Boot Pioneer		Bignells Ltd 1943
	Shoemaking Before Machinery		Charles Bull & Co - Company Difficulties
	The Growth of the Shoe Industry (A-Level Study)		Henry Bull
	The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade		John Cave and Sons
	(includes interactive maps feature)		Introduction
	Shoe Firms - Index		John Cave & Sons - 1905 inside factory
	Factories by Streets		Centenary Programme
	Factory Survey - 23 York Road		Ebenezer Claridge & Sons
	"Hearts & Soles"		J & C Claridge Ltd
	Shoe Trade and Non-conformity 1881-1901 (BA Study)		Clarke T T - Bespoke Boots
	Non-conformist Shoe Manufacturers		Clarke & Co
	Factory Collections for Miss Wooding - 1898		William Colson & Co
	Rushden & Industry 1900		Co-op Wholesale Society
	Factories in 1901		CWS Shoe Factory
	New Factories - 1908		New Factory Opens 1901
	Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914		Peter Danby - CWS Fire Brigade (includes sound clip)
	Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916		Fire Team - Winners 1927
	Making a Shoe - with glossary of shoe trade terms		Inside the factory c1970s
	Boot & Shoe School		Factory demolition 1987
	Boot & Shoe School		Nathaniel Crick
	Log Book		Cunnington Bros.
	Honours Boards		B Denton (includes interactive e-book feature)
	Boot School 1954		Employees Tea
	Certificates		Apprentice William Hector
	Employees Fund 1898		Employees - Xmas 1948 & 1953
	Trade Union		D B Shoes Ltd
	Trade Union - mainpage		D B Celebrate 50 Years
	Trade Union Membership		D B - Twins at 79
	Brief History		D B Shoes in 1975 & 1980
	Statement 1890		Dilks & Martin
	The Great Lockout 1895		Double 'M' Shoemakers 1982
	Annual Registry 1904 & Sick Pay		Eaton & Co
	Conference 1908		Eaton & Co introduction
	Wages - Court Case 1913		Eaton & Co (includes e-book feature)
	Trades Council 1939		Eaton & Co Departments
	William Bazeley J.P.		Eaton & Co 2 (includes e-book feature)
	NUBSO Notes & Reports		Eaton & Co v Frederick Glenn 1913
	Shoe craft in wartime 1944		Fine Art Shoe Co (includes e-book feature)
	Boot Trades Association 1948		Sidney Fox
	Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940		Green & Coe
	Rivetters & Finishers		Grenson
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association History		William Green - founder of Grenson
	Manufacturers' Dinner 1882		Grenson's Centenary
	Shoe Manufacturers - Secretary 1930		William Hewitt
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Jubilee 1958		James Hyde Ltd
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts 1958		C W Horell Ltd
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts		C W Horrell Ltd - mainpage
	Boot & Shoe - Managers' & Foremen's Assoc.		C W Horrell - works
	1955 Employment figures		"The Oracle"
	Pensions Act 1959		C W Horrell News & Notes
	Careers 1973		Jaques & Clark
	The Shoe Industry 1973-1981 (School Study)		Jaques & Clark
	Caring for Shoes		Tom Thacker - Memories
	Rushden Shoe Trade 1982		Jaques & Clark 1980
			Fred Knight
Trade			Clickers 1891
	BBSI 1969		Factory
	Trademarks		Knight & Lawrence Ltd
	Imports and Exports 1881		Joseph Knight
	Army Boot Trade 1898		B Ladds
	Wages - 1898		Introduction
	War Time Trade 1914		B Ladds Factory
	The Export Trade 1924		Lofty Slipper Co. Ltd
	News Clips		Prestige Footwear
	New Industry Needed		Sanders & Sanders
			Outworkers - 1884
Leather Trades & Directories			Old Papers - 1884
	Biographical Directory 1914		Customers - 1884
	Biographical Directory 1916		Fire 1924
	Leather Trades Directories - Index		W B Sanders retires 1925
	See also Trade Directories in Genealogy Section		Alfred Sargent
	Leather Trades Dinner 1881		Jubilee
			Walter Sargent
Allied Trades			History
	Adhesive Supplies		The Story of Sargent's Partnership 1903 - 1919
	Radburne & Bennett Ltd		Closure
	Box makers		Robinson & Corby
	H W Chapman Ltd		Selwood & Co.
	Seddons and Arlidge Ltd		Selwoods 1908 - 1938
	Curriers		Tecnic
	Tanners Regulations 1663		Tecnic Factory (New)
	F Corby Ltd		Tecnic History
	Heel Makers		W. C. Tarry
	Daniels - Ashford & Daniels		Janet Holloway's Memories
	P Collins & Co Ltd		Totectors
	Rushden Heel Co Ltd		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Shortlands		Totectors Lorry
	W Smart & Son Ltd		Survey 1994
	Leather Merchants		Tuffrey's Bespoke Boot Works
	Clifford Collins		Tuffrey's - Company Difficulties
	Henry Ingle & Sons		Tyzown Boot Company
	Mercers		John White
	Phipps & Son		Introduction
	Pattern & Knife Makers		John White Biography
	R J Coleman		Building of Lime Street Factory
	Welch and Hooton		50th Anniversary
	Repairers		Reunion Dinner 1963
	Shortland's		Diamond Jubilee
	Leeding's		C K Woods
	Hugh Ward and Sports Shoe maker		Victoria Shoe Company
	Ron Jones		George Warner Ltd
	Sock makers		Wear & Waterproof Leather Co.
	H T Mackness		Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
	Soles and Insoles		Floor Plan & machines
	George H Bull Ltd		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Stain & Polish		Horace Wright - Summit Works
	Miller's	Retailers
	Andrew Austin Ltd		Penn and Simmons Ltd
	Supplying the Power
	Central Machinery Co.	Memories
	Gas Engines		Shoe Trade in the 1930s
	Tanning		Shoe Trade in the 1950s
	Processing Equipment		Jack Tear
	Strong & Fisher		Jaques & Clark - Margaret Goodwin
			Ron Hunt at Tecnic
Shoe Machinery			Reg Bird - Working in the Shoe Trade
	British United Shoe Machinery Co.		Paul Roberts at Wilkins & Denton
	Cox & Wright (includes 2 interactive e-book features)		Dentons
	A Cox & Wright Apprenticeship 1973		Starting Work - Hubert Dickens
	Fred Hawkes		Starting Work - Doris Watts
	Norris Industries		Chapman's - Jean Ashton
	Riveting		Jim Matthews - A Life in the Shoe Trade (includes audio clips)
	Slugging Machine 1901		Memories of John White's - Eileen Wood
	Slugging Machine 1907		Memories of John White's - Gloria Wallis
	E Salmon & Co - Engineers 1904		Alan Harper - Shoe Trade Memories
			Sam Roughton
Shoe Trade Failures			Shoe Trade - Louie Arnsby
	for Bankruptcies see Index in Commerce		Strong & Fisher - office - 1980s
	Perkins & Eden - 1893
	Sharp & Corbett - 1881	Accidents
			Fatality at Tannery 1923
Shoe Trade Miscellany			Accidents
	Snippets
		Health & Welfare
			Flu 1970
			Trades Hospital and Convalescent Home Fund