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In the 20th century, just four miles from that village was this company in Rugby.
JB Champion & Sons, rope and rug manufacturers, Reliance Works
I should imagine at the start of the 18th century manufacturing these things could well be described as cottage industries with all the family helping to make goods to sell.
Have you noticed any ropemakers in the vicinity which would suggest the use of hemp and sisal? Ropes were made from hemp and when I was young doormats/rugs would be made from that material too - probably today aswell..
I've always associated ropes with sailing ships and boats but I once came across an image of rope making out in a field in a Yorkshire country village
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