Family-run Yorkshire business, H.E. Payne & Sons Ltd, to close

Yorkshire Post

H.E. Payne & Sons Ltd, in High Street, Dodworth, Barnsley is to close its doors. The family-run company has been open for 100 years. Jonathan Gawthorpe spoke with Managing Director Natalie Parks about the history of the business.

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00:00 Hi I'm Natalie Parks, I'm Managing Director here at H.E. Pearsons Ltd in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

00:05 We are a 100 year old business specialising in the retail and repair of superior footwear.

00:10 100 years ago my great-grandfather Edgar moved from Northampton where he was a shoemaker for

00:17 Grensons. He started the business in his back garden, he used to bring a horse and car every

00:23 Friday with 100 repairs for him from the soldiers boots. He used to mend those and then the week

00:29 after they'd pick them up bring another 100. He used to do the clogs for the miners and then in

00:35 1950 we moved to a bigger premises about four doors down. My granddad took over and then my uncle

00:43 and now it's me and my brother so we're the fourth generation.

00:46 And you have some quite famous people that come and buy shoes. Yeah we do yeah and we've got a

00:54 lot of customers for repairs as well so we've had like Sister Sledge in, Stephanie Hurst is a regular

00:59 customer of ours as well. Football players from Barnsley, from Leeds. Yeah we've had quite a few in

01:05 bands of players as well. Our postal repair service for little Vuittons and Valentinos is just

01:12 crazy we can't keep up with that side of the business. Yeah we've had so many different

01:19 customers in over the years, Dickie Bird, Scar Girl, yeah it's crazy.

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