Crockett & Jones was founded in 1879 in Northampton, by Charles Jones and his brother-in-law, James Crockett and from the 1890’s specialised in the manufacture ...
By Guy Sangster Adams (abridged)
Childhood friends Mark Jeffery and Guy West were born and bred in Northampton and grew up surrounded by a rich shoe-making ...
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 ...
W J Brooks and Co was founded in 1889, and for four generations the Pateman family worked there making high quality shoes and boots – ...
This pack was produced by Lynn Scarsdale at the Northamptonshire Record Office. It has activities, resources and plans to explore the boot and shoe industry ...
This resource is aimed to provide a flexible structure which will enable pupils in schools (KS2) across the county to discover their own and collective ...
Robert Jarvis is a musician, composer and sound artist who creates installations that fuse digital advances with commonplace sounds.
For GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Robert created a series ...
52 giant shoe prints striding 2km across the Northamptonshire countryside, a walk marked by crop cutting and digging the land.
Artist Steve Messam and a team ...
BROGUED – 3D Augmented Reality artwork on display in Northampton’s historic boot and shoe quarter
Visitors to Northampton’s historic boot and shoe conservation area can now ...
