Nora Nightingale

The Touch…….

January 2025                                     ...

She deserves Pinkham gloves

Merry Christmas

From the mid 1950s this magazine advert gives some sense of the seasonal nature of glove manufacturing in this decade....

Tile image

The name’s Bond…….

December 2024                                     ...

NEWS CHRONICLE

There are places I remember

November 2024   Clive Pinkham, a great grandson of William and Rebecca Pinkham has recently re-discovered some interesting photographs from...

June 1959 opening

STOP PRESS…….

October 2024   Ann Gill has been in touch and has recognised her mother  in  one of the photos of...

Ida aged 21 in 1940

They don’t make…….

October 2024 .......girls or gloves like these anymore     Two pairs of beautiful Pinkham gloves found their way to ...

Ladder proof Nylon

Timeless of course

August 2024   Another very unusual pair of Pinkham gloves, this time from the 1950s has found its way to...

Book

It’s been booked……..

APRIL 2024 The Story of Pinkham Gloves ...it was bound to happen and doesn't leave a plot to be desired...

NGC van 1917

The ‘Get-Away’ van

JANUARY 2024 Seen here outside the Witham factory which had been built in 1912 is an Engecie delivery van.  The company at...

Logo red

Happy New Year – Let’s hope that 2024 is a great year for everyone