The first experimental sale of nylon stockings mb-height 6927 pictured Saturday 22nd April 1976

pictured Saturday 22nd April 1976

By the end of November many areas were suffering from severe flooding

he was widely perceived within the union movement as having sold them out

Liverpool manager Bill Shankly announces his retirement and resignation as Liverpool manager at a press conference accompanied by chairman John Smith (right)

as he wants the orange himself

The first experimental sale of nylon stockings mb-height 6927 pictured Saturday 22nd April 1976The first experimental sale of nylon stockings, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, 25 October, 1939. Nylon was invented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers, head of organic chemistry at the DuPont company in Wilmington. These stockings came from a single pilot plant. Large scale production followed later.