Celebrating 125 years of bootmaking

Toetectors is celebrating 125 years of
boot making this year. The
foundations of Totectors were laid in
1885 by Mr Wilkins and Mr
B. Denton. In 1944, his
successor, Mr G.

Denton acquired the
rights to introduce
the first steel “safety
box toes” from into
the UK from the USA.

The impetus for this was
from the British Ministry of
Labour, to counter the injuries being
sustained to the miners engaged in
the armament industry producing
weapons for World War II.
Totectors became the first company
in Europe to introduce what
eventually became known as steel toe
safety shoes.

Totectors is now
owned by an Indian
company with a
history of six
generations in
leather and shoe
making. Totectors has
recently invested millions
of dollars in research and
development. Products will be on
show at the Safety & Health Expo.