Introducing Doreen

Yesterday we went to see Doreen Heaton, Tim's grandmother, who is on the right here. To be fair, we have both been so busy working on getting the website ready to go, that we hadn't been round to see her in weeks. Note to selves, must find more hours in each day, has anyone worked out how to make that possible yet? We were lucky to catch her in the house in fact, as at 86 years old, Doreen is as independent in nature and strong in character now as you can imagine her to have been in her twenties....

A Little Heatons History

Westmorland Sheepskins was started by my father, Howard Heaton, around 1980 in the old county of Westmorland in the North of England. This was an off shoot of the family business ‘Heatons’ that had spanned across decades in Leeds. According to the history books, Heatons of Leeds was founded by William Heaton in 1899. William made ladies suits and coats from premises on Kind Street in Leeds. However, according to Doreen (my gran who also worked at Heatons), Henry Heaton (my great great grandfather) started the business in 1915. I must remember to find out the facts once and for...