Description
Marriner’s wool and patterns have clothed generations of British families, but few people are aware of the fascinating story of this famous company. This well-written, readable account puts the firm under the microscope in a way which contributes greatly to our knowledge and understanding of mill working and management.
- Author: George Ingle
- Binding: paperback
- ISBN: 978-1-85936-103-0
- Pages: 192
- Illustrations: 42
- Date of Publication: 2004
- Dimensions: 234 × 156 mm
Ilkley Gazette –
A historian from Ilkley has produced the definitive history of one of the region’s most famous textile companies.
oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk –
Quite simply this is a tour de force of closely focussed research and collation of records. It is backed up by a broad appreciation of the textile industry as a whole in Yorkshire and the result is one of the finest accounts of a single firm from inception to eventual demise into a brand name operated by another firm that I have ever read. This is industrial history at its best…