The life and times of the British Bata Shoe Co Ltd
Ten members, representing three generations of the Spindler family visited the Bata Estate in East Tilbury on Friday, 28 December 2018. Their forebears, the late Mr and Mrs Spindler, arrived in East Tilbury in the late 1950s and lived in
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A former Bata college boy, Brian Nolan, got in touch with us recently and sent us the above picture of some of his fellow students and friends from Christmas 50 years ago! They certainly seem to be in a festive
Read moreHere’s an excellent article posted today (8 September 2016) on the Guardian newspaper website about the Bata factory and estate: Link to Guardian article on the architectural heritage of the Bata estate and shoe factory It sets the scene very
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