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Oct 5, 2017 · As far as I can make out, all the Burton shops were purpose built in Deco style. Interesting point in the first link Froth that Burton's produced a quarter of the uniforms for WW1. Must have put the business on a very strong footing, making it possible to build so many, and such large, shops in the 1920s/30s.
Aug 8, 2020 · Remembering these awesome Burton shops we all used to love. It comes after it emerged some of the town's shops won't be reopening after lockdown. Burton. By. Caroline Kay Assistant Digital Editor ...
- “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 16, 2011 · The Burton branch opened in 1923, when Woolworths leased 154 High Street from Pearson’s the tailor. It proved so popular that the firm took over number 155 the following year. The 1923 opening date seems spot on, but I’m not convinced by the supposed mid-1990s closure. As I’ve mentioned before, the transfer of the original Woolworths ...
Burton is a British online clothing retailer, former high street retailer and clothing manufacturer, specialising in men's clothing and footwear. The company was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but became a trading name of Arcadia Group Brands Ltd, part of the Arcadia Group. Sir Philip Green acquired the Arcadia Group in 2002, and it ...
Jan 28, 2017 · Introduction Montague Burton was not the first to establish a successful chain of tailor’s shops throughout Britain: Joseph Hepworth and his son Norris had opened their first shops in 1884. Neverth…
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Nov 4, 2017 · Video Loading. A husband and wife team will be braving the YMCA sleep-out 2017 to raise vital funds for a charity which 'Burton simply would be a darker place without.'. Bill Pritchard, a former sub-editor on the Burton Mail and his wife, Elaine Pritchard, who owns Caittom Publishing, a freelance writing service provider in Goodwood Close ...
