With its plentiful supply of oak bark and water for tanning, a top quality supply of leather from locally-reared cattle and its location in the centre of the country for trade, Northamptonshire has proved the ideal place to allow shoemaking to flourish
5. Film star Stanley Baker has a go at using one of the machines in Manfield shoe factory
Actor Stanley Baker at Manfield shoe factory, in Wellingborough Road Northampton, November 7, 1957
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6. Lotus Shoes closing room
Staff in the closing room at Lotus Shoes factory in Newland, Northampton June 5, 1962
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7. MPs visit Barratt's shoe factory
On a fact-finding visit in December 4, 1959 four Ghanaian MPs tour Barratts shoe factory in Northampton
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8. Gift for Gertrude
Mrs Gertrude Tebbutt is presented with a gift at Allinsons shoe factory, Clare Street Northampton December 1966
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