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"Help Us Celebrate 109 Years"
ne hundred years ago.a tradition was born
business tradition and a family tradition,
Today the Bainton Limited name continues to be a world
class leader in the wool and leather industry.
The business originated in 1894 when Allan Bert and his
brotherand sister set up a tannery and glove factory. Allan:
`Bert worked -in the tannery in Winghain. His brother Frank
' worked in the woollen mill in Teeswater. Their sister Jen was..
the company bookkeeper.
When Allan passed away in 1.930 at the
age of 59,, his son, Franklin joined the family
business to work alongside his Uncle Frank
Sr: until his death at age of 64 in 1.934.
In 1935 Franklin was married, and his.
wife Cenetta joined the business. The riame'of
the business was changed to. Rainton's Old
Mill and the retail brarichexpanded at the,
time to Bain.ton,'s .Old, Mill' Downtown.
.Their only child; .Glenyce, was born in
1938. She attended'the University of Western
Ontario and graduated in Business- •
Administration.:She
usiness-
Administration.:She returned to the business
to gain experience and then set out on.her1.,!
own and opened .,'lie New Old Mill.
' Glenyce and her husband !Richard 'Snell
have four children- Franklin, Jayne, Amanda
and Richard. The children worked with their
parents in the business and each pursued
,dost -secondary university studies. In,1987,
Allan Bert .Rainton
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on their grandparents' wishes, they became equal partners in
The Old Mill Downtown.
Today Franklin is the president of the business. Jayne is the
store manager and secretary, Amanda and Richard are'the
directors. '•
The business continues to utilize traditional methods with
modern international styling to produce top quality products.. .
Sheepskins are purchased from packing plants in Canada •
and the United States. These sheepskins and leather are pro-
cessed in the•Rainton plant outside Blyth.
Leather is graded for quality suitable for,
coats, jackets, gloves, hats, handbags.and
moccasins.
The leather suitable1or.garments is sent•
toone of four garment fdctories in Toronto..
,Other leathers are sent to Kitchener and
Quebec fir glove manufacturing,. while '
another grade of leather is made into hats,
and suitable grades are used for handbags
and .moccasins.
Through 10Q. years of business Bainton
Limited has'strived to produce and sell a
greatchoice of quality woollen and leather
.products. The Bainton family's commitment
to quality, knowledge of the indicstry and
their vast connection with.t'he;finest crafts-
people in the field ensures that Bainton's has
a long and prosperous. flitu're. ' ' •
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Frank Bainton Sir,
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Franklin Baintbn Jr. ,
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Cenetta, Franklin
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Glenyce Bainton
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