 Regular staff trips took place with Kendall's taking the entire factory staff to destinations such as Cleethorpes, Skegness and Kenilworth.During the 20th century Kendall's continued to manufacture umbrellas, but also developed rainwear and ladies clothing retail lines.During the World War 2, it manufactured macintoshes for the army as well as using the skills in handling silk built up over 70 years of the umbrella manufacturing to produce parachutes.