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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 [[James Bennett]], Rugby Road; John Bennett and Will Bennett of [[Bennett Brothers]].<ref>Hinckley Times - Friday 21 February 1930</ref>)
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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1921.

of Southfield Road, Hinckley.

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 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

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  1. Hinckley Times - Friday 21 February 1930
  2. Daily Herald - Wednesday 28 September 1921