{"id":42,"date":"2023-10-12T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T08:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:13:58","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b051c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b051c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389622b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"389622b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8792a76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8792a76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"outline: none !important;\">Our Company was established in Luton, motor vehicle and hat manufacturing town in Bedfordshire in 1943 by Mr. John Theobald (who was himself involved with sewing machines since the 1920s). Our 71, Wellington Street, Luton shop was open from 1951 until 2018 when we removed to Weymouth.<\/div><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"outline: none !important;\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210a0c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"210a0c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcae441 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcae441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0b0fce; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: small;\">The photo below shows Mr J. F Theobald and Mrs I.M. Theobald with their son Robert, present Managing Director and Mrs Goss (an employee at the time). The van was a brand new Bedford, very hard to obtain at that time (because the factory had been turned to war work).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2895e04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2895e04\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4045b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c4045b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-82\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo2.jpg 454w, https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c75be9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c75be9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7335cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7335cd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca71cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eca71cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo1a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-84\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo1a.jpg 709w, https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/theo1a-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa0c76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0aa0c76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1175d09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1175d09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0b0fce; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: small;\">This photo was taken circa 1960. It shows Mr J.F. Theobald and representatives, from left to right: Tony Burch, Leonard Attersall, Raymond Jupp, John Pateman and Allan Milner. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3f89a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a3f89a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da36547 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da36547\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c58862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c58862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0b0fce; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: small;\">Advertisment published in the Luton News circa 1960<br \/>Note that telephone numbers in those days had 4 digits!<br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cartoon artist: Gwen Warren<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc89db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4dc89db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412d52f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"412d52f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peggypam-complete.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-88\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peggypam-complete.jpg 918w, https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peggypam-complete-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theobaldsewingmachines.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peggypam-complete-768x238.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us Our Company was established in Luton, motor vehicle and hat manufacturing town in Bedfordshire in 1943 by Mr. John Theobald (who was himself involved with sewing machines since the 1920s). 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