Monthly Archives: August 2017

In a special post, we remember a man who helped found Double TWO and became a war-time British spy helping to defeat the Nazi war machine!

The late Harry Beckhough had a very eventful life indeed!

When the government gave the Donner family (who themselves had fled Nazi occupied Austria) a permit to start a shirt making factory in an area of high unemployment, it was Wakefield that was chosen. Acting as translator and business advisor to Isaac Donner, Harry Beckhough helped get the family on a train to Wakefield to meet with the Ministry of Labour and the Midland Bank. He helped to setup the business and stayed to work with the company, becoming its first ever salesman.

Harry studied four languages whilst at school, English, French, German and Greek, as part of a deal he states he made with the Headmaster to escape expulsion! Mr Beckhough passed all four languages with flying colours, winning a place at Bristol University to study German.

In the

In a special nostalgic look back at our history, we first need to travel back to the early 1940’s.

The war had bought many scientific inventions as weapons technology developed, but it was the discovery of a new fibre that drew the attention of our Chairman, Mr Isaac Donner.

In 1941, in the midst of war, a scientist named Dr. Rex Whinfield derived a new fibre from oil. Despite this unlikely origin, the fibre looked and felt like silk and had many more qualities than any natural fibre could hope for.

The British government were so impressed with the discovery that the shackles of the Secrets Act were clamped on it until the end of the war!

Once the war was over, Dr Rex Whinfield along with Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I) patiently developed this man-made fibre for years, ironing out the snags and increasing its wonderful properties. They named it Terylene.

Then in 1951, just three days before the British Industries Fair, Isaac Donner, our founder a

There’s no questioning that James Bond is one of the most well-known film characters of all time. With Spectre released to UK cinemas today, we've selected our favourite fashionable Bonds to share. Bond has been a style icon since his debut in the sixties, but who dressed best?

5) Starring as Bond just the once, in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, George Lazenby is the fifth star of our Best Dressed Bonds. As the #1 global male fashion model 1964-1968, Lazenby oozes classic style, with a Savile Row tailored suit and accessories such as a Rolex Submariner wristwatch. Whilst his role of Bond received mixed reviews, we think his classic British suave style makes him a timeless fashion icon.