Church’s, Inside The Walls

Church’s is one of the largest if not “the” largest shoe manufacturer in Northampton, England. Founded in 1873 by Thomas Church and his three sons, there has been a family member involved in the business since then, until last year that is when Prada became the sole owner.

In spite of the change of ownership the shoes are still made in the same factory that Church’s has been in since 1957. Far more than the ownership it is the employees that breath life into a company and its products. I enjoyed this video because it captures the sincerity and professionalism of the men and women that produce these very solid English shoes.

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10 Responses to “Church’s, Inside The Walls”

  1. Christopher Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 9:17 am

    That is a beautiful video.

  2. jen Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 9:35 am

    didnt expect you to fall victim to this ubiquitous grammar blip as well, steve

    “its products” instead of “it’s products”

  3. steven Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 9:50 am

    Thanks Jen, good catch

  4. Christopher Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 11:27 am

    …says somebody who doesn’t use capital letters, or an apostrophe in “didn’t”. ;)

  5. Peter Says:
    February 27th, 2010 at 9:31 am

    What an inspiration. Depsite the ownership change the traditions remain the same. I will wear my Church’s with even greater pride now. Thank you Steve for posting this video.

  6. GMB Says:
    February 27th, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    Fascinating. Shows you how labor intensive it is to produce a quality pair of shoes. Thank you.

  7. Craig Says:
    February 27th, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    I don’t want to get into a grammar war here but, Steven’s post is correct. “its” is correct.
    It’s is a contraction for “it is” or “it has”
    Its is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it. Or belonging to it.

    Its, is correct.

    Oh, and the shoes and video are too!

  8. steven Says:
    February 27th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    Craig
    Thanks but Jen was correct and I changed it’s to its. I do agree that shoe are too. English lesson over.

  9. coleslawyum Says:
    February 28th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

    Now this video explains the bit of plastic peeking up from the welts of a lot of my shoes. Mystery solved!

  10. DC Says:
    March 10th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Thanks for the video. I always feared that when Prada bought Church’s that the shoes wouldn’t be the same from a traditional manufacturing point of view, but it’s nice to know and see that the continuity of the craftsmanship hasn’t missed a beat.

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