What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Charles Bennion JP 1857-1929 presented Bradgate Park to the people of Leicestershire in 1928. Co-founder of Pearson and Bennion Ltd., later the British United Shoe Machinery Co. Ltd., which was on this site 1899-1984. BUSM is now on Ross Walk, Leicester
Charles Bennion JP (1857-1929) was a co-founder of Pearson and Bennion Ltd., which became the British United Shoe Machinery Co. Ltd., significantly impacting the shoe manufacturing industry; he also donated Bradgate Park to the people of Leicestershire in 1928, enhancing local public access to green spaces.
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