In 1953, a ninth British expedition, led by John Hunt, aimed to reach the summit, but it was a New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, ...
Mother-of-two Charlotte Henderson has set up The British Flat Shoe Company which provides hand-made flat ladies shoes and produced entirely in a Northampton factory.
I got ...
The captain of Northamptonshire County Cricket took time out from the squad’s successful start of the season to tour one of the county’s most established ...
Church’s Shoes, owned by Prada, has been making shoes in Northampton for over 140 years, and now plans to expand its local production base by ...
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has named Helen Kirkum of the University of Northampton as the winner of the inaugural Cordwainers’ Footwear Student of the ...
Crockett & Jones, based in Northampton, hosted a visit by former Cabinet Minister Michael Portillo in April last year as part of an episode titled ...
The iconic British footwear firm previously on the verge of bankruptcy a decade ago is now forecasting pre-tax profits of £30 million this year, a 40% increase ...
The new BBC Timelord Peter Capaldi has recently bought a pair of beautiful boots made by Kettering based footwear firm Loake.
In a report in the ...
Grenson shoes has rekindled a relationship with the Red Arrows. The upmarket Northamptonshire cobbler used to make dress shoes for members of the RAF’s aerobatic ...
Article by Ian Gallagher, Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Kinky Boots, the musical based on a British comedy set in a Northampton shoe factory, walked away with ...
