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Factories |
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Overview
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1914 & 1916 Biographical Directories
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Glossary |
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1919 Year Book |
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Shoe Trade - Victoria County History
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Index of early or small companies |
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Rushden's Boot Pioneer |
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Ager & Badham |
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Shoemaking Before Machinery |
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Allebone & Sons Ltd - mainpage
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The Growth of the Shoe Industry (A-Level Study)
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Bignells Ltd.
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Growth of the Shoe Trade (College Study 1958)
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The Rise & Fall of the Shoe Trade
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Charles Bull & Co Ltd
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(includes interactive maps feature)
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Henry Bull
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John Cave and Sons |
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- John Cave & Sons - mainpage
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Factory Survey - 23 York Road |
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"Hearts & Soles" |
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Shoe Trade and Non-conformity 1881-1901 (BA Study)
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Ebenezer Claridge & Sons
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- Non-conformist Shoe Manufacturers
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J & C Claridge Ltd |
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Factory Collections for Miss Wooding - 1898 |
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Wm Claridge |
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Rushden & its Industry 1891 & 1900 |
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Clarke T T - Bespoke Boots
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Boot School 1900 |
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Clarke & Co
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Factories in 1901 |
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William Colson & Co
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New Factories - 1908 & Index |
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Co-op Wholesale Society
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Skill Competition 1908 |
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Boot & Shoe Trades Journal 1914 |
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Shoe & Leather News Biographical Directory 1916 |
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Peter Danby - CWS Fire Brigade (includes sound clip)
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Making a Shoe - with glossary of shoe trade terms |
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Coxton Shoe Co. |
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Boot & Shoe School 1928 |
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Nathaniel Crick
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Cunnington Bros.
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B Denton (includes interactive e-book)
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Employees Fund 1898 |
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Trade Union |
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D B Shoes Ltd |
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Dilks & Martin |
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Double 'M' Shoemakers 1982
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Amalgamated Soc. of Leather Workers |
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Eaton & Co |
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Shoe craft in wartime 1944 |
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Boot Trades Association 1948 |
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Footwear Manufacturers 1847-1940 |
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Fine Art Shoe Co (includes e-book)
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Rivetters & Finishers |
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Fox's Shoes
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Shoe Manufacturers' Association |
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Green & Coe |
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Boot & Shoe - Managers' & Foremen's Assoc. |
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Grenson |
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A History of the Shoetrade - F J Sharwood |
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- William Green - founder of Grenson
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1955 Employment figures |
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Automation - not yet 1956 |
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William Hewitt
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Pensions Act 1959 |
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James Hyde Ltd
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Decline - 1960s and beyond |
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C W Horell Ltd |
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Careers 1973 |
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Shoe Industry 1973-1981 (School Study)
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Caring for Shoes |
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James Hyde Ltd |
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Rushden Shoe Trade Map 1982 |
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Jaques & Clark
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| Trade |
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News Clips |
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Trademarks |
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Jaques & Son
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Imports and Exports 1881 |
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Fred Knight
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Army Boot Trade 1898 |
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Wages - 1898 |
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War Time Trade 1914 |
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Knight Bros. |
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Knight & Lawrence Ltd
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Joseph Knight |
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B Ladds |
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The Export Trade 1924 |
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Unemployment 1925 |
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Shoe Trade in WWII |
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Lofty Slipper Co. Ltd |
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New Industry Needed |
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Midland Ballet Shoe Co. Ltd. |
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Shoe & Leather Fair 1954 |
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Nurrish & Pallett |
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700 jobs to fill |
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Premier Boot Company |
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BBSI 1969 |
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Prestige Footwear |
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Shoetrade - Recession |
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Robinson Bros. |
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Robinson & Corby |
| Leather Trades & Directories |
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Sanders & Sanders
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Biographical Directory 1914 |
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Biographical Directory 1916 |
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Leather Trades Directories - Index |
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Trade Directories in Genealogy Section
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Leather Trades Dinner 1881 |
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Alfred Sargent |
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| Allied Trades |
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Walter Sargent
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Allied traders |
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Adhesive Supplies
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- Sargent's Partnership 1903-1919
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Box makers
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Selwood & Co. |
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Skerritt, George |
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Components |
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Steadfast Boot Co. |
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R Tarry & Co Ltd. |
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Curriers |
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Totectors |
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Heel Makers |
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- Daniels - Ashford & Daniels
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Tuffrey's Bespoke Boot Works
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- Tuffrey's - Company Difficulties
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Tyzown Boot Company
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West Brothers |
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John White
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Leather Merchants |
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C K Woods
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Victoria Leather Company |
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Victoria Shoe Company |
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George Warner Ltd |
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Wear & Waterproof Leather Co.
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- Architectural Survey - 23 York Rd
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Mercers |
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Wilkins and Denton - "Totectors"
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Pattern & Knife Makers |
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Wilmott, H E & Co |
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Horace Wright - Summit Works |
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Repairers |
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Shoe Machinery |
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Standard Rotary Machine Co Ltd |
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- Hugh Ward and Sports Shoe maker
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British United Shoe Machinery Co. |
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Central Machinery Co. Ltd |
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Cox & Wright (includes interactive e-book)
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Sock makers |
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- A Cox & Wright Apprenticeship 1973
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Fred Hawkes
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Soles and Insoles |
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Norris Industries |
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Riveting
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Stain & Polish
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Slugging Machine 1901 |
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Slugging Machine 1907
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E Salmon & Co - Engineers 1904 |
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Supplying the Power
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Shoe Trade Failures |
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for Bankruptcies see Index in Commerce |
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Tanning |
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Sharp & Corbett - 1881
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Perkins & Eden - 1893 |
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Lawrence Shoes Ltd 1956 |
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| Accidents |
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Memories |
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Fatality at Tannery 1923
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Memories of the "BU" - Richard Hall |
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Accidents
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Shoe Trade - 1930s Reg Roberts
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Workmen's Compensation |
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Shoe Trade in the 1950s
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Jack Tear
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| Health & Welfare |
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Jaques & Clark - Margaret Goodwin
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Nursing Association |
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Ron Hunt at Tecnic
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Hospital Contributions |
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Reg Bird - Working in the Shoe Trade
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Trades Hospital and Convalescent Home Fund |
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Paul Roberts at Wilkins & Denton
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Flu 1970
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Dentons
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Starting Work - Hubert Dickens
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| Retailers |
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Starting Work - Doris Watts
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Penn and Simmons Ltd |
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Chapman's - Jean Ashton
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J Darnell & Son |
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Jim Matthews - A Life in the Shoe Trade (includes audio clips)
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Adverts - small traders |
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Memories of John White's - Eileen Wood
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Memories of John White's - Gloria Wallis
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| Shoe Trade Miscellany |
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Alan Harper - Shoe Trade Memories
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Snippets |
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Sam Roughton
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Town for Hard Work - 1955 |
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Shoe Trade - Louie Arnsby
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Canadians Visit - 1944 |
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Strong & Fisher - office - 1980s
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