Dickens Brothers Ltd - Leather Manufacturers and Merchants

History
Dickens Brothers Ltd is a small family company, which has been producing leather since 1897. The founder of Dickens Brothers, William John Dickens (left), was born in 1860, the son of a village shoemaker. John Dickens (his preferred choice of name) spent all of his early working years in various leather related trades before deciding to set up his own business in 1897.
Two years later he decided that new premises were necessary and acquired land to have a purpose built factory situated in Kettering Road Northampton. This was completed in 1900, and this is where we still produce our leather today.
During a century which has seen many industrial disputes in the wider economy, Dickens Brothers was hardly affected. In fact in the general strike of 1926 just a handful of days was lost.
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At least ten Dickens Brothers employees clocked up more than 50 years service during the century of existence. The spirit of the company has always been that the directors worked along side the employees and today Brian Dickens can be seen in the warehouse amongst bales of rough leather and horses of finished leather.