Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,735 pages of information and 247,134 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1875 Founded by William Henry Franklin (1848-1907) in Prospect Street,.
1897 Merged with Dickinson Brothers (of Bramley, Leeds) and comprised 51 shops and a factory in Wellingborough.
1904 Struck a deal with Lennards (see below), which was trading under the same name in the south of England.
1946 Renamed Benefit Footwear.
1957 Merged with Saxone Shoe Co and Lilley and Skinner
1962 Part of the British Shoe Corporation.
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