The youngest brother, Thomas Garnett, was a textile manufacturer, with a business in Clitheroe where he employed several hundred men.
So is the smallish union that represents steel and textile workers and now calls itself Community.
The region's growing tourism industry was badly damaged, as were its ailing textile factories.
Forensic scientists generally specialise in a certain area of research, such as body fluids or toxicology or, in the case of Sheridan, textile fibres.
He arrived in the UK in 1980 and bought the then small textile firm Polly Peck, which had a turnover of £2m.
China is on its way to becoming the world's most industrially powerful country, the position that Britain enjoyed when it crushed Bengal's textile industry and built India's railways.
Under current regulations, we know more about our battery hens than we do about our battery textile workers.
She sees the setting as "a brilliant opportunity", pointing out that the Whitworth's textile collection has already attracted crowds from Manchester's newest communities.
The story of textile production is the story of industrialisation, of thrilling technological innovation in the north of England.
For Mrs Cameron to model this textile version of origami on her fashion-conscious frame was a bold and brave decision for a political photo opp.
Expressing his gratitude on Twitter, Pugh, a part-time barman and textile student at Huddersfield University, wrote: "So overwhelmed with the response I've had from my accident at Alton Towers, Thank you for everyone's concern".
