BATTERSBY HATS OF STOCKPORT (PB)

In 1863, Stockport warehouseman William John Battersby refused to change the date of his wedding, a decision that ultimately cost him his job. Starting his own business, within twenty years he had a purpose-built factory bearing his name, which was to endure for over a century and export to every continent. With a collection of contemporary, largely unseen photographs, accounts and documents, this book shows the progress of the firm and the private triumphs and tragedies of the family who ran it.