Mary Quant, Gor-Ray, Marks & Spencer, Burberry, Aquascutum: these are just some of the companies and designers who used the West of England cloth produced in Trowbridge, when the weaving industry was still viable. For centuries, cloth production was the main industry in and around Trowbridge. Many local people can still trace ancestors connected to the weaving trade, from its origins as a predominantly cottage industry, through to the appearance of the first mills, and on to large scale industrialisation.
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