[West Ender]

I remember Giron but I think that was automated velvet cutting. A friend's father, Mateus Gijsbers, was the manager there for many years. As you'd guess, he was Dutch.

Actually in Lymm it was only the fustian cutting, no weaving etc. The cloth came from Manchester, on the Bridgewater Canal, and was sent back when the cutting was done. Children used to end up with deformed spines from having to bend sideways all day to cut the loops and the cutting rooms ran the length of the top storey of rows of small cottages.