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Gone but not forgotten. Amazingly, it's 30 years today since we lost Welsh screen icon Richard Burton died. Born Richard Walter Jenkins on 10 November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, he went on to become an ...
Jul 10, 2022 · 10 July 2022. Richard Burton, pictured with Elizabeth Taylor, was buried in Switzerland after his death in 1984. Hollywood legend Richard Burton's grave has been restored to its former glory after ...
- “Vast Workrooms”
- “Clothe The Nation”
- “Clothing A Fifth of British Males”
- “Largest Multiple Tailor”
Between 1910 and 1914 the number of shops increases to 14 and their made-to-measure service becomes the largest in the world. At the start of the First World War production is changed from suits to uniforms. The company clothes nearly a quarter of the armed forces. Shop sales rise from £52,000 in 1915 to £140,000 in 1917. In 1918 the growing Burton...
Burton is an enlightened employer. He does his best to keep his staff happy. Hudson Road has the largest canteen in the world and has a pre-Welfare State health and pension scheme. He lays on dentists, eye specialists (to treat eye strain brought on by close needlework), chiropodists and even sun-ray treatment. Montague Burton is knighted in 1931 f...
In 1934 the Princess Royal visits the Burton factory in Leeds. Here she meets throngs of cheering factory girls. She congratulates Sir Montague for his magnificent achievement in creating a pioneering welfare system for his workers. On the eve of the 1939-45 war, Burton again turns to the production of uniforms for troops. After the war, Burton pro...
He died at a Leeds dinner party for executives and managers of the company. It was at the Great Northern Hotel in Leeds where he was speaking after the meal. The funeral was held at the Chapeltown Synagogue three days later. Although business drew him to London, he always loved Harrogate. He tried to buy land there as a Jewish Cemetery but failed i...
Jan 7, 2022 · On August 5, 1984, Burton died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his adopted country of Switzerland, a sudden ailment caused indirectly by his years of abusive drinking. He was 58 years old. Richard Burton was widely regarded as an almost supernaturally gifted actor on both stage and screen. Born in Wales, he died in Switzerland at 58 years old.
- Carlo Massimo
Oct 9, 2020 · With the help of yours and our memories and photographs taken over the years we have compiled a list of shops in Burton which we have loved and lost. If you know of any more please email helen ...
Aug 14, 1984 · August 14, 1984 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. CELIGNY, Switzerland, Aug. 13, 1984 -- Elizabeth Taylor, sobbing and shielded by the umbrellas of security guards, made an emotional 15-minute visit to Richard ...
Mar 26, 2013 · Richard Burton: A life in pictures. Lifestyle. By. WalesOnline. 14:43, 26 MAR 2013. Updated15:04, 16 NOV 2014. Richard Burton, a keen pianist, was born in Pontrhydyfen on November 10, 19251 of 21 ...
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