H J Hall Socks Shoes
For almost 125 years they have continued to develop the brand by using the very latest knitting technology and highest quality yarns available, while still maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
At the age of 28, John Hall, a foreman for a hosiery manufacturer in Hinckley, asked his bank for a £1200 overdraft to build the first HJ Hall factory in the small Leicestershire village of Stoke Golding. From his meagre wage of £2 a week, he managed to save £500, a substantial sum in 1882. This was doubled by his wife, Sarah Hall, who raised a mortgage on their house, which she owned.
From a small firm employing just 16 people and with a monthly turnover of £32 4s 4d, HJ Hall has grown to become the largest independent UK sock manufacturer today.
Now, more than 120 years on, the business has seen 4 generations of the Hall family at the helm continuing its successful growth by following the philosophy set out by John Hall from the start; "those who manage the factory must be able to do every job within it". This has meant that each successive generation of Halls has been trained to operate every machine and is skilled in every stage of sock production.