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The divine prose, magnificent scene setting, and energy of the individual personalities that appear throughout, have truly brought this story to life Effie scrapes together a meagre existence while looking after young Beulah and her brother who work at the silk factory. Her life promises to be transformed as romance comes along. But events at the factory are about to change their lives forever and leave them all lost. This is a haunting, historical novel that I would recommend to anybody who is a fan of Barbara Erskine or Pamela Hartshorne. Whilst not a time-slip novel EXACTLY, the two stories run alongside each other, with Rosie in the present day occasionally catching glimpses of Beulah in the past.

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Grout's silk factory was established in Great Yarmouth in 1815 and continued to provide employment for many local people until it closed in September 1972. The Queen wore Sudbury silk at her coronation. Also adorning it were former US First Lady, Michelle Obama and poster Adele. Sudbury’s manufactories also work with fashion designers such as Sir Paul Smith and Dior. In addition, some companies make high class furnishing fabrics and regularly receive commissions to reproduce historic designs – such as those used in the restoration of Windsor Castle. Grouts' first factory in Yarmouth was established on Northgate St, just inside the Town Wall in an old brewery owned by Mr Lee.

A strike in 1890–91 at the mill was important in the establishment of the Independent Labour Party which later helped found the modern-day Labour Party. Mr Gawn said management changes and disputes over furlough resulted in claims some staff were not being paid at the start of the year. In the present day we arrive in the parish of Weedon Bec, at the door of a property inherited by Rosie. She’s had her fair share of trials recently; her mother has passed away, she’s not long separated from her husband, plus she has financial burdens to contend with. At the root of both timelines is ordinary life - warts and all: tragedy, endurance, and love, in all its many guises. Although it’s apparent that their paths will never cross directly, they are touched by the unravelling threads of The Silk Factory. Braintree’s role in silk manufacture was rather significant. The Courtauld family was famous in the silk industry. George Courtauld established a silk throwing business in 1799. In 1825, the family began making crape (crimped silk gauze), and this made the company famous.

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The Silk Museum explains Macclesfield’s silk story. It is housed in the former Art School. Many artists and designers trained here. Suzhou No. 1 Silk Mill (苏州市第一丝厂) is also named Suzhou No. 1 Silk Factory or Suzhou Silk Factory in short. This historic state-owned plant was established in 1926 and has become a particularly honored century-old factory in Suzhou. For its traditional skills of making silk and direct exhibition of culture and history of silk in China, Suzhou Silk Factory has been recommended by the BBC Travel. As a result, you could go to this silk factory to see closely the detail steps from silkworm breeding, selecting cocoons, making silk, feel the soft, thin and light silk quilt and fill your eyes with various unprecedented excellent silk exhibits, which will tell why the Chinese silk is so charming that many people are wowed by it.

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