Few details are available on this firm’s early history, but the ‘Moore’ in the name was Alexander (William) Parkin-Moore (1907-1979). His father William Parkin-Moore, who was a wealthy landowner and High Sheriff of Nottingham. When he died in 1937, he left £156,721. His son, Alexander, had moved to London and in 1939 was described in the Register of England & Wales as the joint-managing director and designer of Mills, Moore & Co Ltd. Perhaps the firm had been founded ar....