County Durham
South Moor and Stanley
After the second world war as part of the government's drive to re-establish UK manufacturing W Pinkham & Son started making gloves above the Co-op store in Park Road South Moor. As the business grew a new factory was opened in 1959 in Anthony Street Stanley.
South Moor
1948
In 1948 South Moor was one England's post war development areas and glove production started in a workshop above the South Moor Co-op
Stanley
1959
This artist's impression which was created for the planning application shows the company's aspirations for the new factory at Stanley
In ten years demand had outgrown the production capability at South Moor and a new factory was opened in Stanley in 1959.
The new factory doubled production and employed two hundred people. With state of the art machinery it was seen as ground breaking in its time.
As well as employing and training local people several people moved up from Witham to bring years of experience and glove making skills to the venture.
And in the end the......
South Moor
1990s
Thirty years after Pinkham glove production was moved to the new factory at Stanley the building in South Moor where it had begun was demolished..
Stanley
2005
When the company ceased production in 1966 the factory was closed and the equipment sold off, finally in 2005 it was demolished
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