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The Fabric of our Town

Introducing the Fabric of our Town project

The Fabric of Our Town web pages were put together by Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, in partnership with ...
Documentary film: The Fabric of Our Town

Create by schoolchildren, featuring oral history interviews with ex-workers at the David Evans factory
Animation: The Fabric of Our Town

This film, told through the eyes of a Swaisland factory worker, tells the story of the factory winning a medal ...
Applegath Interactive Leaflet

This pamphlet is a unique record of how the arrival of Chartism in Crayford created a terrible split amongst local people.
Designs from the Swaisland factory, 1847-1858

Patterns of fabrics made in Crayford
History of Swaislands

A set of images with captions illuminating the textile printer Charles Swaisland’s activity from his beginnings to 1865.
Online Exhibition

Themes from the history of the textile industry in Crayford
Learning Resources: Fabric of our Town

Articles and downloads about Crayford's textile industry
Project Activities

See some of the activities run by the Fabric of Our Town project in 2014.
Links

Find out more about the history of the textile industry and the area around Bexley

Alcock and Brown
The Legend of Hengest
Shovell and the Longitude
The Fabric of our Town
Bartram, the Blitz and Beyond
Vickers' Crayford
Wilfred Salmon
William White
The Vindication of Christmas

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