Green laces reaching skyward from over 200 boots and shoes donated by local shoe manufacturers Grenson, Jeffery West and Dr Martens and also the not-for-profit ...
Exhibited in Northampton, London, New York and Milan, Wilcox’s NO PLACE LIKE HOME GPS shoes have been an international media sensation and the design highlight ...
On Saturday 1st December 2012 as part of the annual switch on of Rushden High Street’s Christmas Lights, local residents and visitors to the town ...
Loake was founded in Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1888 by three brothers, Thomas, John and William at 62 King Street. In 1894 the business, originally called ...
Grenson Shoes was started by William Green and was taught how to make boots and shoes by his mother in Rushden. It was a cottage-based ...
Church’s can trace their origins to Stone Church, born in 1675 and who trained as a cordwainer and master shoemaker. His skills were passed down ...
Barker has been making shoes in the Northamptonshire village of Earls Barton since 1880. Founded by Arthur Barker, a skilled craftsman and natural innovator, employed ...
Apprenticed to his father’s leather business, Christopher describes how tanning seal skins during a cold Kettering winter was enough to put him off working in ...
