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Dunkelman and Son

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Dunkelman and Son

See Frederick (Freddie) F. Dunkelman (1920-2010) and his brother Henry Dunkelman (1917-2003)

1946 Business established in Battersea

1950 Started offering shoe accessories and leather care products.

1951 'Freddie Dunkelman and Co. (England and Olympic Ice Hockey Star) 301 Battersea Park Road (Near Battersea Poly.) London. Sports Goods and clothing'[1]

By the late 1950s, shoe care products had become Dunkelman’s core business under the Dasco brand.

1969 Dunkelman & Son moved to a new factory with warehousing and offices in Desborough, Northamptonshire, the heart and home of England’s shoe-making industry.

2015 Dunkelman became part of the French group ALMA FRC, a family-owned company that had become world number one in leather care and shoe accessories.

2018 Moved to a purpose-built factory in Desborough.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ South Western Star - Friday 23 November 1951
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