Towles - Nottingham Road - Loughborough, Leicestershire - Ghost Signs on Waymarking.com

A ghost sign on a factory for "Towles Ltd. Hosiery Manufacturers" the building is now used by "Sofa Reuse" that are a charity that provide used furniture cheaply to those in need.
Hosiery manufacture had been a major industry in and around Loughborough since the early 19th century.

"CARTWRIGHT AND WARNER in LOUGHBOROUGH were employing over a thousand people. Increasing numbers of these were now women and as the century ended, hosiery changed from being a male dominated to a female dominated industry. By 1931 in LOUGHBOROUGH there were three women in the industry to every man.

Three of the other most significant firms in LOUGHBOROUGH were PAGET AND WHITE in Beehive Lane; HINE AND PARKER (later BRAUND) in WOODGATE and HANDFORD AND MILLER in Derby Road. CARTWRIGHT AND WARNER themselves ran three mills in the QUEENS ROAD area but were taken over by TP TOWLE in 1929. TOWLES survived as a going concern until 1997 when they finally closed. Ironically, this was about the same time that the SOCK MAN statue was erected in the Market Place to celebrate the town's hosiery heritage!"

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