Jacksons Workwear Rental in Lincoln is celebrating an extraordinary 225th birthday. Retired chairman Donald Mackinder and current managing director Michael Wilson tell Hannah Gilbey about a colourful history…
With every household boasting a washing machine as the norm, it is hard to imagine a time when laundered clothes were a luxury.
But Jacksons Workwear Rental has built strong business foundations upon piles of other people’s dirty washing.
Its roots go back to 1791, where there is evidence of founder James Jackson earning money by dyeing material and clothes.
