By the beginning of the 21st century, the hosiery industry in Fort Payne employed over 7, 000 people in more than 100 mills.
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Opposition to the machine caused Hargreaves to leave for Nottingham, where the cotton hosiery industry benefited from the increased provision of suitable yarn.
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Before World War II, the hosiery industry was the biggest user of raw silk ( now most stockings are made of nylon ).
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Stockings that go far beyond basic by virtue of their color, pattern or texture _ known in the hosiery industry as " novelties " _ have never been more popular.
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Outside in Hotel Street there is the statue of the Seamstress, although not intended to represent any particular person, it serves as a reminder of the importance the hosiery industry once played in Leicester.
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". . . Although it has no dedicated art gallery, fine pieces of sculpture can be found in the town's environs, including the Sock Man, a bronze statue celebrating Loughborough's association with the hosiery industry ."
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Both the boot and shoe and the hosiery industry eagerly took to the new system of working and for the first time people began to be regulated by time, as the factory needed villagers to work in unison.
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The population of Calverton had risen dramatically since the start of the century ( see table ), but the hosiery industry was beginning to show signs of decline because of changes in fashion and because manually operated stocking frames were becoming outdated.
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Haslett became vice-president of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women in 1936 and president of the organization in 1950; and she was the first woman to chair a government working party the Board of Trade's Hosiery Industry Working Party 1945 46.
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In a statement seen Friday on its Web site, the U . S . Commerce Department's Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements announced it would examine the request and invited public comments on whether sock imports from China are damaging the U . S . hosiery industry.
