1.0Thames Industrial Parkhttps://thamesindustrialestate.co.ukadminhttps://thamesindustrialestate.co.uk/index.php/author/thames/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hMgjibixrA"><a href="https://thamesindustrialestate.co.uk/index.php/history/">History</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thamesindustrialestate.co.uk/index.php/history/embed/#?secret=hMgjibixrA" width="600" height="338" title="“History” — Thames Industrial Park" data-secret="hMgjibixrA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://thamesindustrialestate.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Big shoes to fill The Thames Industrial Park was formerly the home of the Bata Shoe Factory. The Bata company was founded in 1894 by Czech industrialist Tomas Bata, adapting American mass-production methods to traditional shoe making, rapidly expanding during the 1930’s to become one of the world’s largest shoe manufacturers and retailers. Tomas Bata […]