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Originally Posted by south aussie
You are not senile just yet,we walked or rode past it every day for a number of years.
The mill on Commercial St was known as the SHODDY,so called because of poor quality products.
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You got me thinking now ,was "shoddy" as a product not something different ? something like "fustin " or "fustian" some kind of felt material , it wasn't exactly a woven cotten fabric but made of some kind of chopped up rags or raw cotton rolled out on presses similar to paper manufacture ? similar to a thick flannel ( kind of stuff used for slipper insoles before Dr Scholl )
Sure one of our 'older'/senior Accy web users can straigten me out , thanks