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Pryce-Jones: Pioneer of the Mail Order Industry |
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At the end of the 19th Century the local woollen mills were once again faring badly. The coal that powered the machinery wasn’t available locally, and the cost of transporting it from further a field was reflected in the price of the cloth. Without a direct railway link from Newtown to the South Wales Valleys, the local manufacturers were forced to send their Flannels to the North where the competition remained fierce. Eventually Rochdale supplied much of Pryce-Jones’ “Welsh” Flannel.
Newtown’s largest factory, the Cambrian Mills, succumbed to closure in 1912 following extensive fire damage. After that Newtown was no longer a major centre for the woollen industry and many workers migrated to find work elsewhere. Pryce-Jones’ company enjoyed continued success until the depression of the 1920’s and 1930’s, and the business was sold to a Liverpool firm in 1938.
Words: Carolyn Cowey
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