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Pretty Polly Factory, Sutton in Ashfield

Courtesy of Mr A Stocks

Unwin Road
Sutton in Ashfield
England

Harry Hibbert and Oswald Buckland formed a hosiery company in Sutton in Ashfield in 1919 on the same site on which Pretty Polly stands today. They manufactured and sold ladies stockings. In 1927, Hibbert and Buckland took over a hosiery wholesaling company originally set up by a bookmaker's daughter. The bookmaker had prospered greatly from the legendary racehorse, Pretty Polly, and so insisted that his daughter's business bear the same name. Having acquired the name Pretty Polly, Hibbert and Buckland quickly built up the brand name under the famous parrot trade mark. The company still operates from these premises today.

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