The 91 years of J & J Wiggin can conveniently be broken down into the following periods of time:
Humble Beginnings (1893 - 1914)
In 1893, James Thomas Wiggin and his eldest son James Enoch set up a small manufacturing business, J & J Wiggin, in a converted stable at the back of their home.....
After the war, William Wiggin, who had taken over as chairman when James Thomas Wiggin died in 1918, came to the conclusion that the company should change direction.....
After World War II, J & J Wiggin faced the process of converting the factory back to tableware production, a process made more difficult by shortages of raw materials of all kinds.....
By the end of the 1960s, Old Hall was growing so rapidly that significant additional finance was needed over and above the resources of the Wiggin family.....
Hopes were raised in January 1982 when Oneida, the world's largest cutlery manufacturer, bought Old Hall from Prestige, with the aim of adding Old Hall to their huge cutlery markets.....
Oneida commissioned a purpose built factory in the Far East, exclusively for the manufacture of Old Hall products to the same exacting quality standards as hitherto.....
