A lost Liverpool factory known for manufacturing hosiery was a place where generations of staff "loved" to work.
Located in Woolton, the Bear Brand factory employed generations across Merseyside and had a long history in the area. The businesses trade name was American in origin, as Mr Howard Ford started in the hosiery business by importing stockings, some from the Bear Brand Hosiery Company of Chicago.
Mr Ford later bought the trade name Bear Brand for use in the United Kingdom and Eire and started manufacturing stockings in Liverpool. The site survived across the generations, also avoiding World War II bombers during the blitz as the Woolton factory turned out thousands of parachutes for the war effort.
