WHAM! Bam, Katharine Ham’ (Katharine Hamnett 1986)

He introduced himself as Lionel and he worked for Katharine Hamnett, ‘Okay’ I was a bit lost, but as we continued to talk, I began to realise what he was talking about. ‘Andrew and George’ said we were the people to talk to. I agreed he could come up to the factory and discuss what he wanted. It was only after I put the phone down did it dawn on me that Andrew and George were WHAM! (yes, that WHAM!).

Snazzy Fox

One of these local runners was a young man called Ron Hill, he and Jeff got on like a house on fire. Ron was very inventive, he and his wife had set up in Hyde at the other side of Manchester, making string vests and cutaway shorts to improve Ron’s middle and long distance performance. He approached Jeff in late ’69: “What I want is a spike with no spikes! Just take the spike plate off and put a piece of rubber underneath!” so, the world’s first superlight weight road racing shoe was created.