Sometimes stuff just happens. Good stuff rarely happens on its own. It happens when good people try hard. And that’s what we have here – these articles are about things that have happened. And will happen.
Two years ago we were a good news story on the front cover of the Yorkshire Post Magazine. The pictures show us in a nineteenth century mill in Hebden Bridge, having trousers made and selling them to people all over the country and overseas. It was a great story and inspired us and many customers. […]
A year ago today we had our photo taken in Old Gate, the pub where we’d originally come up with the idea for HebTroCo over a few drinks. This was around the time that we were going into our third year of business. Look at us with our 1485 Wool Jackets, spectacles and haircuts. We […]
In a world full of the forgettable some things you buy will be memorable. For example here’s a photo of my dad with his Vincent Comet. I never saw the bike but I cherish the photograph and the feelings that it inspires. “Some dance to remember some dance to forget.” Sometimes you cringe as you […]
Ed talks to Iain from Trickett about the start of the company and the challenges of making in Britain.
Benjamin Myers – writer I used to think that people made a place. Now I understand that places make people. For centuries we have been shaped by our surroundings. The way we talk, interact, eat, breathe and live has always been closely tied to our environments. Only in the past century or two have we […]
We live in a beautiful place. We’re not lucky though, we live here on purpose. It’s the pennine way. En route back to base, from dropping cloth off at the factory in Blackburn that’s making our next batch of t-shirts, the timing was just right to blow away the cobwebs of the working day, with […]
Steve our local Paralympic Gold Medalist called round to pick up a 1485 Wool Jacket this week. As a professional cyclist he spends most of his time in Lycra. Luckily he has the physique to get away with it, unlike many of the specimens out there on the public roads! When he’s not dressed like […]
Like Lisa Stansfield (who brant’s dad bumped into in CoOp the other day), HebTroCo products are all around the world. This week we’ve been sent photos from some exciting locations. We love hearing from our customers and even if you’re in Doncaster, please send us photos of what you’re up to in your trousers, jackets, […]
100 new Garrison belt buckle blanks have been delivered from the water jet cutters in Chesterfield. High tech industrial process combines with individual craft to make something that’s more than the sum of its parts. Using one of these and a British veg tanned bridle leather hide, Tommy gets to work on making our belts. Each […]
We currently have 200 pairs of moleskin trousers in production to restock our shelves for the winter. They’ll be with us in the first week of December. Remember though, our trousers are not just for Christmas! We recently met a customer who was wearing a pair of original 177s from early 2016 and they still […]
Most people would just go shopping. Luckily there are other people who can turn a trip to get a pair of trousers into an adventure. We received the following email from Steve. I got a HebTroCo gift voucher as a present. The folk that got me the voucher and I fancy cycling over from Ilkley […]
As we approach the third birthday of HebTroCo it’s starting to feel like we have some history. After all, just three years ago, these were the actual trousers that we wore all the time. We loved wearing jeans and had been wearing them since watching cowboy films as kids in the 1970s. Jeans were cool and […]
Leaves are falling and the wind is whistling around your legs. Rain is forecast and the cold days are coming. It’s time to pull on your moleskins. What is moleskin? A luxurious 100% cotton fabric with a brushed surface that’s warm and hardwearing. It’s not made of moles stupid! It just has a similar feel. […]
It used to be a mix tape. Now it’s a playlist. Don’t worry, the same level of egotism, passion and one-upmanship has gone into this, as it would have in making a tape to give to a prospective friend or sexual partner. So just be chuffed to get what you get OK. This is the […]
“1485 Wool Jacket – essential for the older, discerning skateboarder” was the message we got from our pal the portrait painter Alan Coulson, along with this clip of him showing some style in the skatepark. We love receiving photos and videos from customers in their HebTroCo clobber. Keep them coming.
We’ve got lots of kids. Part of the reason for setting up HebTroCo was to allow us to be able to pick some of them up from school. Our daughters have occasionally been put to work taking photos, counting stock or sorting through postal receipts to find lost tracking details. When we were based in […]
THESE ARE THE MAIN THINGS The less you wash your trousers the better. Obviously you don’t want to smell of wee and have egg on your leg so at various times you will want to wash them. Governor and 177 moleskins are 100% cotton (so are the Governor moleskin jackets) Governor Canvas are 55% linen […]
With no financial backing other than an initial Kickstarter crowd funding campaign we made it work. No investors, no trust fund, no shady past in advertising or the illegal drugs trade. Financial risk was taken on in the hope of profit. We used to work in a decaying 19th century mill. There was one light […]
We went down to Stoke on Trent to meet Sean, one of the organisers of a new custom motorcycle show with big ambitions. He was kind enough to show us the Harley Davidson Shovelhead chopper that he has built himself and he let us dress him up in HebTroCo gear to take some photos. Saturday […]
The HebTroCo Sled custom motorcycle is built up and ready to show at this year’s Motorcycle Social event in Leeds. The builder, Steve from Dust-Motorcycles, shows us round the bike and describes some of the the custom work that he’s done. The next stage for the project will be getting the bike on the road. […]