Clarks: Made to Last
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retirement 161–2
succeeded by Bancroft 228
Somerset Anthology 11, 12–13
Clark, Sarah (1946–) 316, 331
Clark, Sarah (née Bancroft) 103, 104–7, 141, 149, 156, 157, 286
Clark, Sarah (née Bull) 14, 15, 16, 39, 54
Clark, Sarah (née Gregory) 54
Clark, Sarah Brockbank (née Satterthwaite) 100
Clark, Sarah Elizabeth (Bessie) 12, 54, 77
Clark, Sophia 33
Clark, Stephen 149, 206, 242
education 149
joins Avalon Leather Board Company 149
Spanish Civil War 149
works at Joseph Bancroft & Son in America 149, 149
Springbok 148
praises Bancroft 150
chairman of Avalon Industries 209, 210
Company Secretary of C. & J. Clark 210, 229
disagreement with Ralph Clark 210
and the Shoe Museum 235–6
Clark, Thomas (first cousin of Cyrus and James) 39, 40–41, 62, 64, 68
Clark, Thomas, Snr (son of John Clark IV) 11
Clark, Thomas Beaven 12, 54, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77–8
Clark, Thomas Bryant 50
Clark, Tom 331, 354
Clark, Tony see Clark, J. Anthony
Clark, William Bancroft 107, 140, 149, 171, 205, 238, 250, 286
education 228
on retailing 143–4
foreign travel 145
becomes a director 145
and Avalon Leather Board Company 148, 150
Clarks logo 150–51
on decentralisation 158
committed to post-war creativity 160–61
chairman of Clarks 3, 161
and women’s buying power 165–6
and workers’ time-keeping 170
and productivity 169–70
managers’ budgets and ‘blue’ book 170
a member of ‘the Holy Trinity’ 170, 171
on CEMA 175–6
on the footgauge 180
col. pl. 8
and the Desert Boot 185
and overseas policy 188–9
criticism of Nathan 189–90
and Peter Lord 193–4
on the independent retailer 194–5
on Clore group 197, 215
on Clarks expansion 200
visits Russia and Ukraine 201
and Canada 202, 203
worries about finding jobs for family members 206
retirement (1967) 206, 228, 229
chairman of C. & J. Clark 208, 228–9
chairman of Clarks Ltd 208
sides with Stephen against Ralph 210
complains to Keith Joseph about British Shoe Corporation 214–15
on style 220
and sourcing shoes from outside the UK 221
Pedder chosen as his personal assistant 222–3
and McKinsey report 225
chairman of Street Estates Limited 228
personal tribute to Peter Clothier 235
authority over family members 260
on Tony Clark 285
and Tindale’s appointment 287
thanks Daniel for his work 288
and Henry Moore 305
death (1993) 327
obituaries 327
‘Management Changes’ 206
Clark, William Stephens 33, 38, 55, 109, 110, 114, 148, 149, 206
education 46, 47
joins the company 46
introduces machinery into the shoe production process 2, 46–9
at the heart of C. & J. Clark 3
on the making of sheepskin rugs 18
and the Crimean War 53
on his brothers’ financial withdrawals 54–5
concern with quality 59–60, 83
on the firm’s inspectors 65–6
succeeds the partners as chairman 32, 66
rapid transformation of the business 67
and technology 68–71, 354
and wrangling over Cyrus’s will 72, 73–4
marriage 78
at Greenbank 79
commissions Skipper to build Millfield 79–80
forms partnership with James (1873) 80
and strike over Hodges 86, 88
at the centre of life in Street and beyond 3, 88, 119–21
sets up Avalon Leather Board Company 90–91, 209
and output-sales imbalance 93–4
forms partnership with Frank (1889) 94
lack of success in Ireland 95–7
at Roger’s wedding in America 107
health 108, 111, 321
shareholdings in public limited company 108
first foray into retailing 108–11
semi-retirement 119
heart attack and death (1925) 129–30, 137
funeral 130–31
patriarchal, paternal tradition established 134
History of the Business of C&J Clark Limited 15–16, 37–8
Clark, Son & Morland 78, 90, 103, 104, 125, 148
Clark Shops 276–7, 277
Clarke, Jack 175
Clarks Australia Ltd 188, 189
Clarks Code of Business Ethics 353
Clarks Code of Practice 353
Clarks Comments in-house publication 164, 165, 207, 216
Clarks Companies North America (CCNA) 339–40, 346, 351
Clarks Courier 143, 207–8, 218, 235, 251, 264, 266, 271, 272, 290, 292, 294, 298, 302, 306
Clarks Europe 291
Clarks factory, Street, Somerset 19, 51, 82, 121, 129
Bull’s glove-making premises 15
and brawl at 1832 General Election 28
Netherleigh built next to the factory 31
working hours 37, 84
sewing machines introduced 5, 47–9, 83–4
pollution 51
clock tower 82, 130
water tower 82
‘Big Room’ 82, 83, 84, 155, 264
Pattern Room 83
Cutting Room 83, 94
Machine Room 47–8, 49, 69, 83, 108, 116, 132
Making Room 83
Treeing and Trimming Room 83, 108
factory outings 90–91
factory band 91
education 3, 92, 123, 124–5
Turnshoe department 108
costings department 114
personnel management department 119, 126
Closing Room 119, 181, 192
Factory Committee/Factory Council/Works Council 121, 134, 135, 136, 169, 231
Rubber Department 146, 173
decentralisation 157–8
laboratory 173
Margaret Lockwood’s visit 181–2, 181, 182
sole room 197
shoe designers 356
Trend Department 356
Clarks Foundation 3, 206, 207, 281, 353, 360
Clarks Future Footwear Ltd 352
Clarks International Ltd 305, 351
Clarks Ireland Ltd 166, 188, 204
Clarks Ltd 208, 224, 228, 229, 234, 259, 265
Clarks name: typography 150–51
col. pl. 5
Clarks New Zealand Ltd 189
Clarks of England Ltd 230, 339, 340
Clarks of Kilmarnock 150
Clarks Original Live magazine 357
Clarks Originals 357
Clarks Overseas Shoes Ltd 203, 208, 221, 229, 250
Clarks Pension Trustees 283
Clarks Properties 328
Clarks Shoes Australia Ltd 229
Clarks Shoes 293, 294, 305
Clarks Shoes Ltd 282
Clarks UK division 351
Clarks Village, Street 328, 329, 330, 349
Clarksport products 247–9
Clash 246
Claw, Israel 195
clickers 29
see also cutters
‘Clippers’ 153, 169, 227
Clonwell, Ireland 31, 204
Clore, Sir Charles
background 195
first purchases 195
Sears acquisition 195–6
Richard Shops 196
buys up smaller shoe companies 196–7
forms British Shoe Corporation 198
fails to buy Barratts 212
criticism of 219, 220
chain of high street shops 342
closers 30
see also binders
Clothier, Anthony 149, 206, 235, 269, 280, 287
Clothier, Arthur, partner in wool and tanning business 2, 13, 14
Clothier, Esther (née Clark) 108, 110, 140–41, 170
Clothier, James 11
Clothier, John 235, 276, 282, 285–6, 292, 293, 301, 306, 311, 312, 322, 327, 328, 334
Clothier, Peter T. 141, 149, 171, 193, 206, 226, 276, 282, 334
a member of ‘the Holy Trinity’ 170, 171
and Avalon Leather Board Company 170
a director of C. & J. Clark 170
expertise in machinery 170
and the Mayflower factory 172
and younger generation 213, 235
and British Shoe Corporation 213–14
managing director of C. & J. Clark 229, 236
retirement 235, 238
Clothier, Samuel Thompson (Tom) 122, 122, 139–40, 141
Clothier, Violet 149
Clothier family 170
Club and Institute Committee 130
Club shoes 218
Clutterbuck, David and Devine, Marion: Clore: The Man and his Millions 195–6
Co-operative Banks of Germany 311
Coaxley family 10
Cobden, Richard 78
Cochran, Charles B. 151, 153
Cole, Michael 333
Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP) 5, 252–4, 257
Colman, Royston 338–9
Colonial Development Corporation 210
‘Colorado’ sandals 152
competition 9
from America 33, 94–5, 99, 103, 108, 111
burgeoning shoe manufacturing business in France 33
Northampton’s shoe industry hit by imports from Europe 33–4
after introduction of sewing machines and riveting 57
E.C. Sadler & Co. 85
necessary to stand out from other UK shoemakers 99
in lower grades of shoes 129
rival shoemakers in 134, 135
in fashion shoe sector 232
Computer Aided Design Centre (CADC), Cambridge 262
computer-aided design (CAD) 260–62, 261, 262, 355, 355
computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) 260–62
Conrad Jameson Associates 258
conscientious objectors 156
Construction Electric Mediano Automatico (CEMA) machine 174–6
Contura 257
Conventicle Act (1664) 10
conveyor systems 145–6, 278–9
Cook, Howard 276
Cool Britannia campaign 187
Cool for Cats troupe 216
Cooper, Allen & Co 188
cordwainers 19
Cork 31, 95
Corn Laws 9
‘Cornish pasty’ shoe 257, 258
Cornwall 31
Corporation Tax 225
Corri, Adrienne 241–2
Cotterell, Jacob H. 72
Cottier, Bob 175
Cotton, Malcolm 263, 272, 308
joins Clarks 265
head of the Clarks men’s division 248
‘Levi’s for feet’ 250
and factory closures 264
works in Ireland 265, 280
Silflex closure 265
managing director of Clarks Ltd 272, 294
in Australia 282, 285, 293, 294
a director of C. & J. Clark Ltd 282
support for Daniel 285
on the two-board situation 303
and reshuffled hierarchy 306
comments at Orchard Room meeting 319
Extraordinary General Meeting (1993) 323
deputy managing director 327
meets Tim Parker 335
managing director (operations) of C. & J. Clark Ltd 265, 334–5
Coultas, Brian 318
Council of the Duchy of Lancaster 315
Council of Lloyds 314
Country Club casual range 236
court shoes 174, 253, 261–2, 271
Cowmead raw material warehouse 232
Cowshed café, Clarks headquarters, Street 359
Craddock Brothers 224
‘craft societies’ 49
Craftmasters 218
‘credit crunch’ 349
Crest Nicholson 354
Crew Clothing 349
Crick & Sons 83
Cricklewood Skating Rink, north-west London 195
Crimean War (1853–6) 52–4, 92
Crispin, St 69
Crispin Hall, High Street, Street 90, 91, 91, 92, 112, 119, 131, 154, 235
Crispin machine 69, 84, 85
Crispin School, Street 207
Crockett & Jones 218
Croft, Annabel 278
Cromwell, Oliver 18
Crookenden, Spencer 266, 267, 268, 269, 270
K Shoes: The First 150 Years, 1842–1992 133, 267, 283
Crossfield family 24
Croxley Green, Hertfordshire 164
Crumplin, Kevin 306, 307, 315, 338
Crumplin, Dr Tim 221
Crutchlow, Ken 186–7, 186
CSM3D 262
Cubism 151
Curtess (previously Fortress Shoe Company) 197, 276, 296
cutters 29, 44, 84
see also clickers
Czechoslovakia 144, 245
Daily Express 152
Daily Mirror 164, 220
Daily Telegraph 4, 226, 309, 315, 318, 320, 322, 345
‘Dainty’ shoes 111
Daisy ‘Magic Steps’ shoes col. pl. 12
Daladier, Edouard 156
Dalgety & Co. 97
dancing shoes 137
col. pl. 4
Daniels, Bebe 153
Darvill, Tony 260, 261–2
David Z store, SoHo, New York 187
Davies, Peter 349, 350, 360
Davis, Jack 203
Davis, Professor John A.: Clarks at a Crossroads 289
Davos Platz, Switzerland 103
Dawe, Cedric 216
Day Continuation School, Street 3, 92, 123
Day, Peter 332
de Klerk, President 333
De Paula, Agnes (née Clark) 286
De Paula, Clive 286, 287
Death Valley, California 186, 186
Debenhams 213
decentralisation 157–8, 168
Delaware 104, 105, 107, 285
Delaware Art Museum 105
Dempster, Judith 150
Denmark 98, 144, 230, 259
Clarks mannequin show (Copenhagen, 1948) 182
department stores 4, 95, 117, 350, 352
Derbyshire, Judith 312
Desert Boot 5, 175, 184–7, 186, 286, 289–90, 357
col. pls. 9, 14
Desert Yarra col. pl. 14
Design Museum, The, London 187
Devon 31
Devonshire, Alan 278
DG Bank 311
Diamond Shoes Ltd 203
Diana, Princess 271
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist 34
Dickson, Walter
known as ‘the man from Mars’ 301
earlier career 301
on family business structure 302–3
new management structure (from 1992) 305–6
expertise in brand management 307
Extraordinary General Meeting (1992) 308–14, 314
Orchard Room meeting 318–19
Extraordinary General Meeting (1993) 321, 324
his promise after the EGM 325
resignation 326
Dietrich, Marlene 137
Dillinger 357
discount stores 327, 349
Doc Martens 246, 290
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sp; Dolcis 197, 275, 276, 307, 342
Doncaster 328, 329
Dorset 31
Douglas Home, William: The Secretary Bird 206
Down shoe factory, Belfast 243
Downes, John 117
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 344
‘dress shoes’ 244, 346
du Maurier, Daphne col. pl. 7
Dublin 31, 59, 95
‘Dude’ 250
Dugmore, Eric 311
Dundalk, Ireland 166, 203, 205, 248, 265, 280
Dunlop 112
Dunstan, St, Abbot of Glastonbury (later Archbishop of Canterbury) 7
Dylan, Bob 5, 187
Eastern England 31
Eaton, Joseph 39
E. C. Sadler & Co. 85
Ecco 259, 297, 312
EcoHomes ‘Excellent’ standard 354
Economist, The 62, 118
Eddy, Mary Baker 127
Eden Construction Company 270
Edgar, John 36
Edinburgh 32, 108, 230
Edinburgh, Prince Philip, Duke of 182, 271
Edinburgh University 210
Edmonds, Noel 271
Edmonson, Thomas 24
Education Act (1918) 124
Edward I, King 7
Edward VI, King 8
Edward VII, King 102
Edwards, David 312
Egon Zendor 350
Eight-Eyelet 1460 model 246
Eighth Army 184
Eindhoven, Holland 250
Eleanor, Queen 7
Electra Investment Trust 309, 312, 314
Elefanten 297, 347, 349
Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen Mother 218
Elizabeth II, Queen (and as Princess Elizabeth) 182, 183, 198–9, 218, 230, 312
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire 212
Elmhurst, Street 54, 54, 63
Elmsleigh shopping centre, Staines, Middlesex 271
Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire 216
Empress of the Skies aircrash (1948) 188
English Heritage 90
Enoch Taylor 97
Enterprise Shoe Company 188
Epstein, Sir Jacob 140
Esquire magazine 186
Europa Hotel, off Oxford Street, London 241, 242
Europe: Clarks’ current turnover (to year ending 31 January 2012) 352
European Economic Community 244
European Shoe Federation 206
European Union 297
Exmouth, Devon 171
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes (Paris, 1925) 137
Face magazine 290
Factory 2000 299
factory shops 328
factory systems 114–15, 274, 299
Falk, Millicent 124
family shareholder council (Street Trustee Family Company) 4, 326, 330–32, 331, 343, 349, 354, 359–60
Far East 4, 118, 232, 308, 346
Farmer, Patrick 306
Faroe Islands 187
‘Fastnet’ 247
Feature Shoes 177
Federated Associations of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers 177
Feilden Clegg Bradley 354
Felixstowe 348
fellmongering 13, 27
Ferragamo, Salvatore 246
Fiennes, Michael 259–60, 312
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph 259