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Stroud Textile Trust hosts special openings at Dunkirk Mill Museum and Gigg Mill Weaving Shed as part of the Nailsworth Festival. Learn about the history of the cloth industry in the Stroud Valleys, ...

The main events were held in Westbury Gardens, Lamb Yard, the Weaving Shed at the town’s ancient Tithe Barn. Dancers came from all over the Southwest and beyond, including Holt, Bedhampton, Bath and ...

The mill, which was established in 1824, produced cotton that was exported worldwide until the weaving sheds closed in the early 1990s. The Hargreaves family has been involved with the mill since ...