Northamptonshire County Council Archives and Heritage Services houses over 800 years of the county’s rich archival heritage at the Northamptonshire Record Office based at Wooton ...
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 ...
Dr Martens products have been made by the R Griggs Group in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, since 1960 and were originally sold as reliable working men’s footwear.
The ...
After recruiting four young apprentices in 2012, Dr Martens has continued its apprenticeship scheme at its Cobbs Lane Factory in Wollaston. Throughout 2013 four new ...
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 ...
Nick Dean, clicker at Timpson’s shoe factory in Kettering, recalls the strict rules and expectations upon employees at the factory.
Recorded in November 2001.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery has the largest collection of historical footwear in the world, designated as being of international importance. The ground floor is ...
Padders was founded in Rothwell at the start of the First World War by the present grandfather Thomas Groocock, making traditional welted shoes.
During the inter-war ...
