Working lives: Shoe families: Closing the doors on Long Buckby Shoes Ltd. Other towns & villages BozeatDaventryDesboroughEarls BartonKetteringLong BuckbyNorthamptonRaundsRushdenWellingboroughWollaston Brenda worked in the offices of Long Buckby Shoes Ltd until it closed. She was one of the last employees closing the business down and even typing her own reference. This page was added on 15/04/2013. Facebook Pinterest Twitter Linkedin Working lives Shoe families A family of shoemakers A shoemaking dynasty in Desborough Clicking at Barker's Shoes in Earls Barton Closing the doors on Long Buckby Shoes Ltd. Dr. Martens closing room at Wollaston Growing up next to the Stead and Simpson's shoe factory, Daventry Growing up with the smell of leather Making 'Top Boots' in Northampton Making surgical footwear in Long Buckby Mending shoes in Long Buckby Outings for shoemaker families from John Whites of Rushden Reflecting on the decline of Northamptonshire's shoe industry The clicking room at Stead and Simpson's in Daventry The closing room at Stead and Simpson's shoe factory, Daventry Featured videos A global footprint Resilience and reinvention Shoe-making futures Tricks of the trade