“Worlds of Framework Knitters in Leicestershire c.1600 – c.1850” by Dave Fogg Postles.
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In 1989, the company of Corah & Son Ltd, of St Margaret’s Works, Leicester, was divorced from the founding family and acquired by the Australian Charterhall Group. Almost immediately, the company was dismantled, marking the final stage of the manufacture of hosiery by a major company in the county. Although the Corah family originated in Birmingham, it had established Leicester as a foremost manufacture of hosiery in conjunction with Marks & Spencer and the St Michael brand.
Although the family business had migrated from the West Midlands to Leicester, the success of the company reflected a long tradition of hosiery in the county.
Leicestershire constituted one of those locations which experienced incipient early-modern industrialization which was later transformed into modern industrialism, and therein lies its importance.?
