Sanders

Sanders & Sanders Ltd. was established in 1873 by Brothers William and Thomas Sanders of Rushden, Northamptonshire. William Benjamin Sanders was apprenticed to the shoe and boot trade as a lad, and then went on to working in London as clicker before returning to Rushden in 1871 with the vision of setting up his own shoemaking business with his brother.

As machinery became more advanced, and Charles Goodyear had provided the shoemaking industry with ‘Goodyear welting’ machines, the process sped up remarkably. 

Today, Sanders & Sanders remains in the same factory on Spencer Road as it has done for the past century, and is known throughout the world as the very best in English elegance, and exports to over thirty countries across five continents.