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See [[Harold William Bennett]] | See [[Harold William Bennett]] | ||
1918 Formed by brothers [[William Bennett]] and [[John Bennett]]. (There were four brothers; [[Tom Bennett]] (died 1930) of [[Bennett, James and Co]]; James Bennett of | 1918 Formed by brothers [[William Bennett]] and [[John Bennett]]. (There were four brothers; [[Tom Bennett]] (died 1930) of [[Bennett, James and Co]]; James Bennett of James Bennett, Rugby Road; John Bennett and Will Bennett of [[Bennett Brothers]].<ref>Hinckley Times - Friday 21 February 1930</ref>) | ||
c1920 Brother James Bennett joined the company | c1920 Brother [[James Bennett]] joined the company | ||
1921 'Over £100,000 damage was done in a fire which destroyed the hosiery manufacturing works of Bennett Brothers, Hinckley, yesterday, throwing out of employment nearly 400 workpeople'<ref>Daily Herald - Wednesday 28 September 1921</ref> | 1921 'Over £100,000 damage was done in a fire which destroyed the hosiery manufacturing works of Bennett Brothers, Hinckley, yesterday, throwing out of employment nearly 400 workpeople'<ref>Daily Herald - Wednesday 28 September 1921</ref> |
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of Southfield Road, Hinckley.
1918 Formed by brothers William Bennett and John Bennett. (There were four brothers; Tom Bennett (died 1930) of Bennett, James and Co; James Bennett of James Bennett, Rugby Road; John Bennett and Will Bennett of Bennett Brothers.[1])
c1920 Brother James Bennett joined the company
1921 'Over £100,000 damage was done in a fire which destroyed the hosiery manufacturing works of Bennett Brothers, Hinckley, yesterday, throwing out of employment nearly 400 workpeople'[2]
1927 Became a limited company