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Business is booming
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Haworth: Not only a picturesque village but home to a 21st Century textile boom
In November 2001, Spencer Stokes - Bradford's Reporter for BBC Radio Leeds - went out-and-about looking at the state of the textile industry across the Bradford district...
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One textile mill in Bradford is seeing business boom, partly because it is doing its bit in the so-called war on terror.

Wyedean Weaving in the famous village of Haworth (above) makes military garments, which are shipped all over the world from the Worth Valley, flying in the face of those who say Bradford's mills are on their last legs. From here military uniforms, badges and ribbons go all over the world and order books are full. Ribbons for the Queen's Golden Jubilee and cloth for army sergeants' soldier sashes are amongst the many materials produced by the company.

David Wright is the 80-year-old chairman of Wydean Weaving and he is proud of the fact that the company has made a profit for every one of its 150 years. He believes that wars tend to be good for business because they often give rise to commemorative medals and demand for his company's ribbon.


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