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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That is a beautiful video.
didnt expect you to fall victim to this ubiquitous grammar blip as well, steve
“its products” instead of “it’s products”
Thanks Jen, good catch
…says somebody who doesn’t use capital letters, or an apostrophe in “didn’t”.
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.
Fascinating. Shows you how labor intensive it is to produce a quality pair of shoes. Thank you.
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!
Craig
Thanks but Jen was correct and I changed it’s to its. I do agree that shoe are too. English lesson over.
Now this video explains the bit of plastic peeking up from the welts of a lot of my shoes. Mystery solved!
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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