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Fairfield Shoe and Slipper Co

From Graces Guide

of Gallowfields Trading Estate, Richmond, and of Hamer Mill, Bellfield Road, Rochdale

1913 Company founded by William Shepherd

1968 Producing more than 11,000 pairs of men's shoes each week at each factory. Rochdale employs 175 persons and Richmond 100. The MD of Rochdale is Norman Shepherd and the MD of Richmond is John Shepherd, both sons of the founder.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Rochdale Observer - Saturday 28 December 1968
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