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Shoetrade - allied traders

We have little information on these companies, but they played
a vital role in providing components to the major companies.

Harry Cartwright's general store:
.... and by 1898 he was trading as 'The General Stores' at 21 Higham Road as a 'maker of brilliant leather stains, ironmonger, lamp & oil dealer, stationer & tobacconist'.

William Colton billhead
This dates from the 1930s, but was used in 1958 when
William Colton was "installing switch sockets in bedroom".

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