On the Road with Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire

WH Bagshaw advertise their business as the "oldest pin makers in America."

Founder and Company History

Since 1870, led by five generations of Bagshaws, the Bagshaw Company has been a major domestic and international supplier of all types of pins, pin assemblies and wire products. In fact, we’re the oldest pin makers in America. The W.H. Bagshaw history is a testimony of how a robust manufacturer has evolved and flourished over time. Our founder, Walter H. Bagshaw, was born in Derbyshire, England in 1847, the fifth in a family of ten children. He was educated in England until the age of nine, when he went to work at T.R. Harding in Leeds, England, manufacturing comb pins. He stayed there for three years, bouncing back and forth from other manufacturing jobs, but would finish his time in England with his original employer before heading off to America.

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Hillary Clinton visited the family-owned business today in Nashua and toured the facility.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks tAaron and Adria Bagshaw during a tour and campaign stop at WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to employees during a tour and campaign stop at WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to Arron Bagshaw during a tour and campaign stop at WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tours WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to Aaron Bagshaw during a tour and campaign stop at WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to Aaron and Adria Bagshaw during a tour and campaign stop at WH Bagshaw, a 5th generation family owned business Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

From there, she went to Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett for a Women's Economic Opportunity Summit and to Dover for a Town Hall.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets audience members at a campaign "Women's Economic Opportunity Summit" at Southern New Hampshire University in Hooksett, New Hampshire December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to several hundred area residents during a town hall style meeting in the gymnasium at the McConnell Center Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Dover, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with George Maglaras, during a town hall style meeting in the gymnasium at the McConnell Center Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Dover, N.H. Maglaras was a strong supporter of her Husband Bill in his first campaign in the early 1990's. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign town hall meeting in Dover, New Hampshire, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Dover, New Hampshire, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Audience members raise their hands to ask U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton a question at a campaign town hall meeting in Dover, New Hampshire, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a campaign town hall meeting in Dover, New Hampshire, December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder