On 19th July 2002 the looms in Witney stopped and the woollen industry in Witney was consigned to history. The woollen industry has lated almost a thousand years, dominating the economic and social life of the town. For centuries Witney was famous all over the world for woollen cloth. The blanket industry survived many of the changes that took place in the industrial age but in the early 1970s the woollen market finally met what was to prove it's best competitor - the duvet.
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