Rushden Research Group: Shoe Trade Index

Rushden
The Shoe Trade


Line of hobnailed boots postcard by CW Desborough	Sole Press c1950	Grenson's - finished samples

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History		Factories
	Overview		1914 & 1916 Biographical Directories
	Glossary		1919 Year Book
	Shoe Trade - Victoria County History		Index - Boot, Shoe & Allied Trades
	Rushden's Boot Pioneer		Index - early or small companies
	Shoemaking Before Machinery		Ager & Badham
	The Growth of the Shoe Industry (A-Level Study)		Allebone & Sons Ltd - mainpage
	Growth of the Shoe Trade (College Study 1958)		Bignells Ltd.
	The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade		Bignells Ltd 1943
	(includes interactive maps feature)		Charles Bull & Co Ltd
	Shoe Firms - Index		Henry Bull
	Factories by Streets		John Cave & Sons - mainpage
	Factory Survey - 23 York Road		Ebenezer Claridge & Sons
	"Hearts & Soles"		J & C Claridge Ltd
	Shoe Trade and Non-conformity 1881-1901 (BA Study)		Wm Claridge
	Non-conformist Shoe Manufacturers		Clarke T T - Bespoke Boots
	Reeson's Last Improvement 1888
	Shoetrade in Rushden 1891 & 1895		Clarke & Co
	Factory Collection for Miss Wooding - 1898		William Colson & Co
	Rushden & Its Industry 1891 & 1900		CWS Shoe Factory - mainpage
	Boot School 1900		Peter Danby - CWS Fire Brigade (includes sound clip)
	Factories in 1901		Coxton Shoe Co.
	New Factories - 1908 & Index		Nathaniel Crick
	Wentworth Road Factory		Cunnington Bros.
	Skill Competition 1908		B Denton (includes interactive e-book)
	Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914		Apprentice William Hector
	Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916		D B Shoes Ltd
	Making a Shoe + glossary of shoe trade terms		Dilks & Martin
	Boot & Shoe School 1928		Double 'M' Shoemakers 1982
	Boot School - mainpage		Eaton & Co - mainpage
	Boot & Shoe School - history		Eaton & Co (includes e-book)
	Employees Fund 1898		Fine Art Shoe Co (includes e-book)
	Trade Union		Fox's Shoes
	Trade Union - mainpage		Green & Coe
	Trade Union Membership		Wm Green - founder of Grenson
	Brief History		Grenson's - mainpage
	Statement 1890		William Hewitt
	The Great Lockout 1895		James Hyde Ltd
	Annual Registry 1904 & Sick Pay		C W Horrell Ltd - mainpage
	Statement 1938		"The Oracle"
	Amalgamated Soc. Leather Workers		James Hyde Ltd
	Shoe craft in wartime 1944		Jaques & Clark - mainpage
	Boot Trades Association 1948		Tom Thacker - Memories
	Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940		Jaques & Clark 1980
	Rivetters & Finishers		Jaques & Son
	Shoe Manufacturers' Association		Fred Knight - factory
	Shoe Managers' & Foremen's Assoc.		Clickers 1891
	History - Shoetrade - F J Sharwood		Knight Bros.
	History - Shoetrade - L V Elliott		Knight & Lawrence Ltd
	1955 Employment figures		Joseph Knight
	Automation - not yet 1956		B Ladds - Factory
	Pensions Act 1959		Introduction
	Decline - 1960s and beyond		Lofty Slipper Co. Ltd
	Careers 1973		Midland Ballet Shoe Co. Ltd.
	Shoe Industry 1973-1981 (School Study)		Nurrish & Pallett
	Caring for Shoes		Premier Boot Company
	Rushden Shoe Trade Map 1982		Prestige Footwear
			Robinson Bros.
Trade			Robinson & Corby
	News Clips		Sanders, Charles Ltd
	Trademarks		Sanders & Sanders - mainpage
	Imports and Exports 1881		Old Papers - 1884
	Army Boot Trade 1898		W B Sanders retires 1925
	Wages - 1898		Fire 1924
	War Time Trade 1914		Alfred Sargent
	Shoemanuf's Sons Enlisted		Jubilee
	Boot & Shoe Trade in WWI		W Sargent - mainpage
	Gold Medal 1915		History
	Notes - Dec 1917		Sargent's Partnership 1903-1919
	The Export Trade 1924		Closure
	Unemployment 1925		Selwoods 1908-1938
	Shoe Trade in WWII		Skerritt, George
	Winter 1945		Steadfast Boot Co.
	New Industry Needed		R Tarry & Co Ltd.
	Shoe & Leather Fair 1954		Tecnic - mainpage
	700 jobs to fill		W. C. Tarry
	BBSI		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	Shoetrade - Recession		Totectors Lorry
	2010 - still trading		Survey 1994
			Tuffrey's Bespoke Boot Works
Leather Trades & Directories			Tuffrey's - Company Difficulties
	Biographical Directory 1914		Tyzown Boot Company
	Biographical Directory 1916		West Brothers
	Leather Trades Directories - Index		John White - mainpage
	Trade Directories in Genealogy Section		John White Biography
	Leather Trades Dinner 1881		C K Woods
			Victoria Leather Company
Allied Trades			Victoria Shoe Company
	Allied traders		George Warner Ltd
	Adhesive Supplies		Wear & Waterproof Leather Co.
	Radburne & Bennett Ltd		Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
	Box makers		Floor Plan & machines
	H W Chapman Ltd		Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
	H W Chapman - Rushden		Wilmott, H E & Co
	Seddons and Arlidge Ltd		Horace Wright - Summit Works
	Components		2010 - still trading
	W W Chamberlain
	Curriers
	Tanners Regulations 1663	Sales
	F Corby Ltd		Sales
	C G Cunnington
	Sanders, Charles Ltd	Shoe Machinery
	Saxby & Bates		Standard Rotary Machine Co Ltd
	Heel Makers		British United Shoe Machinery Co.
	Ashford & Campion		Central Machinery Co. Ltd
	Daniels - Ashford & Daniels		Cox & Wright (includes interactive e-book)
	Davies Odell Ltd		an Apprenticeship 1973
	P Collins & Co Ltd		Fred Hawkes
	C E Featherstonaugh		Norris Industries
	Ashford & Daniels		Riveting
	William Penness		Slugging Machine 1901
	Rushden Heel Co Ltd		Slugging Machine 1907
	Shortlands		E Salmon & Co - Engineers 1904
	W Smart & Son Ltd
	Leather Merchants	Shoe Trade Miscellany
	Clifford Collins		Snippets
	Henry Ingle & Sons		Town for Hard Work - 1955
	W N Roberts Ltd		Canadians Visit - 1944
	F Stevens		Patent - 1924
	Wildman & Bugby Ltd
	Mercers	Shoe Trade Failures
	Phipps & Son		Bankruptcies - Index in Commerce
	Pattern & Knife Makers		Sharp & Corbett - 1881
	R J Coleman		Perkins & Eden - 1893
	Welch and Hooton		Lawrence Shoes Ltd 1956
	Repairers		Sales
	Shortland's
	Leeding's	Shoe Retailers
	Hugh Ward and Sports Shoe maker		Penn and Simmons Ltd
	Ron Jones		J Darnell & Son
	Small adverts		Adverts - small traders
	Sock makers
	H T Mackness	Memories
	Soles and Insoles		Memories of the "BU" - Richard Hall
	George H Bull Ltd		Shoe Trade - 1930s Reg Roberts
	Stain & Polish		Shoe Trade in the 1950s
	Miller's		Jack Tear
	Andrew Austin Ltd		Jaques & Clark - Margaret Goodwin
	Supplying the Power		Ron Hunt at Tecnic
	Central Machinery Co.		Reg Bird - Working in the Shoe Trade
	Gas Engines		Paul Roberts at Wilkins & Denton
	Tanning		Dentons
	Processing Equipment		Starting Work - Hubert Dickens
	Strong & Fisher		Starting Work - Doris Watts
			Chapman's - Jean Ashton
Accidents			Jim Matthews - A Life in the Shoe Trade (includes audio clips)
	Fatality at Tannery 1923		Memories of John White's - Eileen Wood
	Accidents Index		Memories of John White's - Gloria Wallis
	Workmen's Compensation		Alan Harper - Shoe Trade Memories
			Sam Roughton
Health & Welfare			Shoe Trade - Louie Arnsby
	Nursing Association
	Hospital Contributions
	Trades Hospital & Convalescent Home Fund
	Flu 1970
	Xray - Factory Visits 1945