Now take atweedmanufacturer, who has a turnover oftweedcloth, value £250,000, and his electricity bill is £2,300.
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The second trade is locally called the "shoddy" trade, or working men'stweed.
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Often, elderly ladies in well-cut but well-worntweedsuits would tell me of their difficulties.
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When the oil runs out, we shall be left with selling whisky,tweedand tourism.
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There are mills, particularly in thetweedsection and spinning section of the industry, which have a considerable amount of under-full employment.
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Then he collects the suit lengths and thetweed, which he then takes to the mill.
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The machines will count for a reduction in duty but not the shop, thetweedor the yarn.
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The list covers knitting wools, hand-knit garments and machine-knitted garments, andtweed.
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We already have a successfultweedmill there.
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I can give examples in the field of textiles—thetweedindustries, the knitwear industry and the hosiery industry.
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The man in thetweedsuit was found just in time.
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Certain producers have tried to bring thistweedinto the utility category, but with the increasing price of wool, it is becoming increasingly difficult to do that.
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They have been for some time makingtweedfor stock, but they cannot continue to pile up stocks for which it seems there is never to be any sale.
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We had also the introduction oftweed.
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There are such industries, and there are industries which can be induced to revive—the lime industry, thetweedindustry, the slate and marble quarries, and products from sea-ware.
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