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		1914 & 1916 Biographical Directories
	Glossary		Index of early or small companies
	Shoe Trade - Victoria County History		Ager & Badham
	Rushden's Boot Pioneer		Allebone & Sons Ltd - mainpage
	Shoemaking Before Machinery		Bignells Ltd.
	The Growth of the Shoe Industry (A-Level Study)		Bignells Ltd 1943
	The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade		Charles Bull & Co - Company Difficulties
	(includes interactive maps feature)		Henry Bull
	Shoe Firms - Index		John Cave and Sons
	Factories by Streets		John Cave & Sons - mainpage
	Factory Survey - 23 York Road		John Cave & Sons - 1905 inside factory
	"Hearts & Soles"		Centenary Programme
	Shoe Trade and Non-conformity 1881-1901 (BA Study)		Ebenezer Claridge & Sons
	Non-conformist Shoe Manufacturers		J & C Claridge Ltd
	Factory Collections for Miss Wooding - 1898		Clarke T T - Bespoke Boots
	Rushden & its Industry 1891 & 1900		Clarke & Co
	Boot School 1900		William Colson & Co
	Factories in 1901		Co-op Wholesale Society
	New Factories - 1908		CWS Shoe Factory - mainpage
	Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914		New Factory Opens 1901
	Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916		Peter Danby - CWS Fire Brigade (includes sound clip)
	Making a Shoe - with glossary of shoe trade terms		Coxton Shoe Co.
	Boot & Shoe School 1928		Nathaniel Crick
	Boot & Shoe School - mainpage		Cunnington Bros.
	Boot & Shoe School - history		B Denton (includes interactive e-book feature)
	Employees Fund 1898		Employees Tea
	Trade Union		Apprentice William Hector
	Trade Union - mainpage		Employees - Xmas 1948 & 1953
	Trade Union Membership		D B Shoes Ltd
	Brief History		D B Celebrate 50 Years
	Statement 1890		D B - Twins at 79
	The Great Lockout 1895		D B Shoes in 1975 & 1980
	Annual Registry 1904 & Sick Pay		Dilks & Martin
	Statement 1938		Double 'M' Shoemakers 1982
	Shoe craft in wartime 1944		Eaton & Co
	Boot Trades Association 1948		Eaton & Co - mainpage
	Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940		Eaton & Co (includes e-book feature)
	Rivetters & Finishers		Fine Art Shoe Co (includes e-book feature)
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association History		Sidney Fox
	Manufs' Dinner 1882		Green & Coe
	Shoe Manufs' Secretary 1930		Grenson
	Shoe Manufs' Association - Jubilee 1958		William Green - founder of Grenson
	Shoe Manufs' Association - Adverts 1958		Grenson's - mainpage
	Shoe Manufs' Association - Adverts		William Hewitt
	Boot & Shoe - Managers' & Foremen's Assoc.		James Hyde Ltd
	A History of the Shoetrade - F J Sharwood		C W Horell Ltd
	1955 Employment figures		C W Horrell Ltd - mainpage
	Automation - not yet 1956		"The Oracle"
	Pensions Act 1959		Jaques & Clark
	Careers 1973		Jaques & Clark
	The Shoe Industry 1973-1981 (School Study)		Tom Thacker - Memories
	Caring for Shoes		Jaques & Clark 1980
	Rushden Shoe Trade Map 1982		Fred Knight
			Clickers 1891
Trade			Factory
	News Clips		Knight Bros.
	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
	Shoe Trade in WWI - 1916 report		Lofty Slipper Co. Ltd
	The Export Trade 1924		Prestige Footwear
	Unemployment 1925		Robinson Bros.
	New Industry Needed		Robinson & Corby
	700 jobs to fill		Sanders & Sanders
	BBSI 1969		Outworkers - 1884
	Shoetrade - Recession		Old Papers - 1884
			Customers - 1884
Leather Trades & Directories			Fire 1924
	Biographical Directory 1914		W B Sanders retires 1925
	Biographical Directory 1916		Alfred Sargent
	Leather Trades Directories - Index		Jubilee
	See also Trade Directories in Genealogy Section		Walter Sargent
	Leather Trades Dinner 1881		History
			The Story of Sargent's Partnership 1903 - 1919
Allied Trades			Closure
	Allied traders		Selwood & Co.
	Adhesive Supplies		Selwoods 1908 - 1938
	Radburne & Bennett Ltd		R Tarry & Co Ltd.
	Box makers		Tecnic
	H W Chapman Ltd		Tecnic Factory (New)
	Seddons and Arlidge Ltd		Tecnic History
	Curriers		W. C. Tarry
	Tanners Regulations 1663		Janet Holloway's Memories
	F Corby Ltd		Totectors
	C G Cunnington		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Heel Makers		Totectors Lorry
	Daniels - Ashford & Daniels		Survey 1994
	P Collins & Co Ltd		Tuffrey's Bespoke Boot Works
	Rushden Heel Co Ltd		Tuffrey's - Company Difficulties
	Shortlands		Tyzown Boot Company
	W Smart & Son Ltd		West Brothers
	Leather Merchants		John White
	Clifford Collins		Mainpage
	Henry Ingle & Sons		John White Biography
	Mercers		Building of Lime Street Factory
	Phipps & Son		50th Anniversary
	Pattern & Knife Makers		C K Woods
	R J Coleman		Victoria Shoe Company
	Welch and Hooton		George Warner Ltd
	Repairers		Wear & Waterproof Leather Co.
	Shortland's		Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
	Leeding's		Floor Plan & machines
	Hugh Ward and Sports Shoe maker		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Ron Jones		Wilmott, H E & Co
	Sock makers		Horace Wright - Summit Works
	H T Mackness
	Soles and Insoles
	George H Bull Ltd	Shoe Machinery
	Stain & Polish		Standard Rotary Machine Co Ltd
	Miller's		British United Shoe Machinery Co.
	Andrew Austin Ltd		Cox & Wright (includes 2 interactive e-book features)
	Supplying the Power		A Cox & Wright Apprenticeship 1973
	Central Machinery Co.		Fred Hawkes
	Gas Engines		Norris Industries
	Tanning		Riveting
	Processing Equipment		Slugging Machine 1901
	Strong & Fisher		Slugging Machine 1907
			E Salmon & Co - Engineers 1904
Retailers
	Penn and Simmons Ltd
	J Darnell & Son	Memories
			Shoe Trade - 1930s Reg Roberts
Accidents			Shoe Trade in the 1950s
	Fatality at Tannery 1923		Jack Tear
	Accidents		Jaques & Clark - Margaret Goodwin
			Ron Hunt at Tecnic
Shoe Trade Failures			Reg Bird - Working in the Shoe Trade
	for Bankruptcies see Index in Commerce		Paul Roberts at Wilkins & Denton
	Sharp & Corbett - 1881		Dentons
	Perkins & Eden - 1893		Starting Work - Hubert Dickens
	Lawrence Shoes Ltd 1956		Starting Work - Doris Watts
			Chapman's - Jean Ashton
Shoe Trade Miscellany			Jim Matthews - A Life in the Shoe Trade (includes audio clips)
	Snippets		Memories of John White's - Eileen Wood
	Town for Hard Work - 1955		Memories of John White's - Gloria Wallis
			Alan Harper - Shoe Trade Memories
Health & Welfare			Sam Roughton
	Hospital Contributions		Shoe Trade - Louie Arnsby
	Trades Hospital and Convalescent Home Fund		Strong & Fisher - office - 1980s
	Flu 1970