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Rushden-footwear-run company, the 100 sets of generations of twins yourself

Feb 16,2020 10:23 am

DB Shoes has started 100 and Northamptonshire reputation for shoemaker

A Shoe company 100 years ago of identical twin brothers is Still Going Strong under the direction of identical twin grandchildren.

the DB-Shoes , in Rushden, Northamptonshire, founded by Jack Denton and Bill Denton on 11. February, 1920.

The Company is now being helped by Jack's grandson, David, and Charles Denton , the rescue in the 1990s.

Charles Denton said: "It is in our blood. Shoes are part of our history. I am very proud of it. "

Jack's grandson, David, and Charles Denton , now run The Company in Rushden, Northamptonshire player Jack and Bill Denton cricket founded DB Shoes in February, 1920

Jack and Bill Denton came from a shoemakers family, who participated with her father George in another company - Wilkins and Denton - from the year 1873.

George's father, also George, listed in the census involved in The Shoe trade in 1841.

The Twins began their own army-boot-company, originally called Denbros AG, at 11. February, 1920.

they were also known as the and "all-round athlete", if you played county cricket for Northamptonshire.

Both served with the Northants Regiment in The First World War and was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1918.

the DB-Shoes was one of The First polyurethane injection moulding technology for the soles in the 1960s, The Company was also one of The First exponents of the benefits of internet shopping ducks, according to the Dentons

grandson, Charles, 56, said, if Jack and Bill could see The Company now, they would be "very proud That we have lasted in Rushden That we have survived, out of The Hundreds That closed".

Northamptonshire is internationally known as the. In Rushden alone, there were once 40 Shoe company.

The Company specializes in the supply of made-to-order-wide-fitting Shoes and has a thriving mail order business.

"We had to reinvent ourselves and find our strength in this niche market, in view of our ageing population," Mr. Denton said.

he said He and his brother, David, had four children between them, although none of them are twins.

He added That only time would say if one of them is "decide to take it on".



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Source of news: bbc.com

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