Originally Posted by Carlton-Browne 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.
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