Quote Originally Posted by Carlton-Browne View Post
My oldest pair of shoes are also veldtschoen - made by Technics, if I'm not mistaken. Bought in the officer's shop in Blackdown Barracks in 1986.


They're due a refurb for the winter.

I have a recollection that the Lotus factory was in Stafford rather than Northampton - or did they have more than one?
I think you are correct. They had factories in Stafford, then Stone and finally Northampton which merged to form Lotus Ltd just after WW1.