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I'm not aware of anyone getting Asbestosis. There was certainly a lot of asbestos dust around when the looms were being set up and we would certainly have breathed some in. We just swept it up off the floor and window-sills. My mother was the most exposed as this was probably a daily...
During WW2 the Cressall Manufacturing Company had a satellite factory at Lane House Farm in Alvechurch, the village where Harry Cressall lived. Their main factory was in Birmingham but they needed somewhere for production to continue of essential war items. These involved hand weaving...
