IN THE BEGINNING
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.
Grateful thanks to Bob Drake for the following photographs.
South Moor
Co-op Store opened August 18th 1900
c1910
STANLEY
New factory opened in 1959
AND IN THE END
SOUTH MOOR
Co-op Store at South Moor in 1995
Demolition in 1996
STANLEY
The factory was demolished in November 2005
