Established in 1898 and currently based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, The British Footwear Association (The BFA) represents the interests of over 130 UK-based companies supplying the ...
At the corner of Mill Road and Strode Road is the former Rudlens Shoe Factory constructed in 1898. It was taken over by Sudborough & ...
Established in 1860 Z. Forscutt & Sons were manufacturers of men’s, youths’ and boys’ medium grade, welted, staple-welted, stitched and screwed footwear and the company ...
George James Cox, a brewer in Wellingborough, established a shoe company in 1906. With business thriving, he converted Dulley’s Baths, the swimming pool formerly belonging ...
Unlike the iron smelting industry, the boot and shoe industry has left a built legacy in the town, largely in the form of old factories ...