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World Service,19 May 2012,28 mins

Through The Mill

Global Business

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In the 19th Century the Lancashire cotton industry was at the heart of the world's industrial revolution and the main engine of the British economy. In the 20th Century it started a long decline. Today a few remaining textile manufacturers are finding ways of surviving huge global competition. Peter Day finds out how they are doing it.

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