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Rushden
The Shoe Trade

PhotoOperation of the sole press circa 1950 Photograph of Grenson's shoes on display
Sole Press c1950
Grenson's - finished samples

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History Factories

Overview

Brief history of some firms

Shoemakers - outworkers to conveyor system

Shoe Trade - Victoria County History

The Growth of the Shoe Industry

The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade

(includes interactive maps feature)
"Hearts & Soles"
Rushden & Industry 1900
Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914
Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916
Boot & Shoe School
  • Co-op

The Great Lockout 1895

Employees Fund 1898
Trade Union Membership

Trade Union 1934

NUBSO Report 1967

Making a Shoe - with glossary of shoe trade terms
Rivetters & Finishers
Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940
Shoe craft in wartime 1944
1955 Employment figures
Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Jubilee 1958
Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts 1958
Shoe Manufacturers' Association History
  • Jaques & Clark
Shoe Manufacturers' Association - Adverts

Rushden Shoe Trade 1982

  • Sanders & Sanders
Trade
Wages - 1898
Trademarks

The Export Trade

News Clips
  • Walter Sargent's

Leather Trades Directories
Directories - Index
  • Tecnic's

Retailers
Penn and Simmons Ltd
Allied Trades
Leeding - Repairers
Tanners Regulations 1663
Heel makers
  • John White's
Sock makers
Box makers

Stain & Polish Memories
Supplying the power

Shoe Machinery

Cox & Wright

Riveting

Slugging Machine 1901

Slugging Machine 1907

Fred Hawkes

Accidents

Fatality at Tannery 1923

Accidents


Health Reports Shoe Trade Failures

Flu 1970

Perkins & Eden - 1893

for Bankruptcies see Index in Commerce


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