Editing Littleport (section)

==Economy==
Thomas Peacock, who founded the gentlemen's tailoring chain Hope Brothers, was born in Littleport in 1829. Peacock had several shops in London starting from one in [[Ludgate Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1914_Who's_Who_in_Business:_Company_H |title=1914 Who's Who in Business: Company H - Graces Guide}}</ref> The first three-storey Hope Brothers shirt and collar-making factory was opened in the village in 1881 in White Hart Lane. By 1891 it was employing 300–400 women and children. It had a social club and library. For a period in the 1940s and 1950s, Hope Brothers also manufactured the [[England football]] kit. The factory was later taken over by [[Burberry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Littleport Plaque For Hope Brothers Factory |url=http://www.elypeople.co.uk/Plaque-Unveiled-Commemorate-Littleport-s-Great/story-12709665-detail/story.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801192200/http://www.elypeople.co.uk/Plaque-Unveiled-Commemorate-Littleport-s-Great/story-12709665-detail/story.html |archive-date=1 August 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

From 1979 to 1983, the firm of [[Burns London#Jim Burns Actualizers Ltd.|Jim Burns guitars]] was based in Padnal Road in Littleport. It produced guitars such as the Steer, popularized by [[Billy Bragg]].<ref name="Gjörde50">{{Cite book |last=Gjörde |first=Per |title=Pearls and Crazy Diamonds |publisher=Addit Information AB |year=2001 |location=Göteborg, Sweden |pages=50–54}}</ref>