tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post251967898146557038..comments2024-01-18T01:32:42.588+00:00Comments on Halfie: Water filler coming away from mountingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-30294009140824588162014-08-16T17:19:03.459+01:002014-08-16T17:19:03.459+01:00Thank you Sarah and Kevin. I hadn't come acro...Thank you Sarah and Kevin. I hadn't come across the term Heavy Woollens before. On initial reading of your comment I thought you were referring to boats!Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-25171372608440933052014-08-16T14:21:07.677+01:002014-08-16T14:21:07.677+01:00From Wikipedia...
"Dewsbury was a centre for...From Wikipedia...<br /><br /><i>"Dewsbury was a centre for the shoddy and mungo industries which recycled woollen items by mixing them with new wool and making heavy blankets and uniforms."</i><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewsbury look under <b>Industrial Revolution</b>KevinTOOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820971797758280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-42483514720562339082014-08-16T08:04:31.183+01:002014-08-16T08:04:31.183+01:00Shoddy and mungo are fabrics. Shoddy is a rough fe...Shoddy and mungo are fabrics. Shoddy is a rough felt made of recycled woollen fibres - i.e. rags; not so entirely sure about mungo. Fine wool cloth was made in Huddersfield, and the areas to the north are known to this day by Huddersfield locals, even officially, as Heavy Woollens.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.com