The Heavy Woollen Derby refers to the rivalry between Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams, both located in the Heavy Woollen district of West Yorkshire....
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The Heavy Woollen Derby is a local derby contested between Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams. Both the towns of Batley and Dewsbury are in the Heavy Woollen...
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few and far between. The Heavy Woollen Derby is contested by Championship sides Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams. This derby generally receives less attention...
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Rovers The Good Friday Derby: St. Helens v Wigan Warriors The Heavy Woollen Derby: Batley Bulldogs vs. Dewsbury Rams The Hull Derby: Hull F.C. vs. Hull Kingston...
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coming off the bench away at Dewsbury Rams to claim victory in the Heavy Woollen Derby.[citation needed] Harrison claimed his first try for Batley, again...
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their 1701 levels. Coventry woollen manufacturers claimed that the imports were taking jobs away from their workers. The Woollen, etc., Manufactures Act 1720...
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History of Leeds (section Woollen cloth trade)
and eighteenth centuries Leeds prospered and expanded as a centre of the woollen industry and it continued to expand rapidly in the Industrial Revolution...
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attack shortly after being stretchered from the field in the Heavy Woollen District local derby; Dewsbury's 8-7 victory over Batley at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury...
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In 1973 Bell Brothers was acquired by Robert Holmes à Court's Albany Woollen Mills, becoming part the Bell Group in July 1976. After the Bell Group...
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South Leeds. The Heavy Woollen District covered towns such as Dewsbury, Batley, Morley, Ossett, Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The woollen and cloth industries...
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Vannin). The government invested heavily in the railway starting in 1957, initiating a rail replacement programme between Derby Castle and Laxey at a cost of...
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Duke of Ormond, who founded the town's woollen industry in 1670. Edmond le Bottiler erected two large, heavily garrisoned castle keeps named the Plantagenet...
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today. In 1337 Flemish weavers settled and introduced the manufacture of woollen cloth. More Flemish weavers, fleeing the Huguenot persecutions, settled...
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Industrial Revolution, it became a co-ordination centre for the manufacture of woollen cloth, and white broadcloth was traded at its White Cloth Hall. Leeds handled...
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Centre-left Harold Hill Independent 2017–2018 Lorraine Moss Localism — Heavy Woollen District Independents 2017-2022 Aleksandar Lukic Localism — Highlands...
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at that time. In the 1850s, Henry Newall of Harehill, owner of Harehill Woollen Mill and a recently built gasworks, and his engineer, Mr. Sladen, later...
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tradition was adopted at other horse racing events, such as the Kentucky Derby in the United States. Extravagant hats were popular in the 1980s, and in...
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Sometimes mistakenly identified as a busby. Beret A soft round cap, usually of woollen felt, with a bulging flat crown and tight-fitting brimless headband. Worn...
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20 January 2011 (2011-01-20) Portillo finds out about shoddy in the Heavy Woollen District, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile...
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protect the domestic woollen and linen industries from the increasing amounts of cotton fabric imported from India. The demand for heavier fabric was met by...
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Justice Frank Field 1 7,285 0.02 CPA Sidney Cordle 29 6,486 0.02 0.0 Heavy Woollen Independents Aleksandar Lukic 1 6,432 0.02 SDP William Clouston 20 3...
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to the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles. Edinburgh Woollen Mill 1970 Edinburgh Woollen Mill Ltd 192 Men's and ladies' clothing Created by the Langholm...
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approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), from the southern terminus at the Villa Marina, to Derby Castle station, the southern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway, where...
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return to Britain after their tour of duty [21] duffel or duffle — heavy woollen cloth, hence duffel coat and duffel bag; after Duffel, a town in Belgium...
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technique. The tapestry is worked in crewel embroidery using woollen yarns on a handwoven woollen background. In addition to using four historic and well-known...
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manufacturing centre. Bradford grew slowly over the next two-hundred years as the woollen trade gained in prominence. During the Civil War the town was garrisoned...
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those connected to agriculture, such as milling and the manufacture of woollen textiles, through to mining and quarrying. Agriculture remained the dominant...
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original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2007. "William Hirst – Leeds woollen industry pioneer". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved...
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and expansion in ancillary trades. The area became central to England's woollen trade with domestic flannel and fustian cloth production, which encouraged...
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Hours Act 1833, which provided that children working in the cotton and woollen mills must be aged nine or above; no person under the age of eighteen was...
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