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Cotton's 'shop Window'

Get the speeches over with, we want the fashion show! Lancashire Cotton Fair opens in Manchester

Non-Fiction 1930 1 mins Silent

Overview

Local lad makes good! Former child worker in an Oldham cotton mill John Robert Clynes returns to Lancashire as Home Secretary to open a trade fair. The opening speeches were broadcast on the radio, but this silent newsreel understandably pays more attention to the fashion show.