Peter was a reluctant shoemaker following his family into the trade. A spell in the army in India where he was responsible for mending a ...
Irene worked in the closing room of Charles Smith of Northampton who made long boots. She remembers adjusting boots which had been passed from father ...
Marion talks of her time in the Long Buckby Shoes Ltd office and her pride in the quality of footwear they produced.
Gwen grew up living next door to Stead and Simpson’s shoe factory in Daventry. She talks of how it became her playground and how she ...
Chris worked at Stead and Simpson’s in Daventry inking the shoes. He remembers the strict management and accidentally getting ink all down his boss’s back.
Christine remembers working at Stead and Simpson’s/Whites Shoes in Daventry, the camaraderie and the leaving party for Emily Lee who had worked there for 70 ...
Peter Woodhams remembers working at John Whites in Rushden and saving for War Bonds during WW2 to raise money for a Spitfire fighter plane. The ...
Jean remembers visiting her dad where he worked at Tomalins factory in Long Buckby making surgical footwear. She also remembers the health complaints that shoe ...
