Today the administrators were put into Viyella, a couple of days after the collapse of Waterford Wedgwood and the day after the last Woolworths stores, including the one in Colwyn Bay, closed for good.
These are brands that are truly part of the fabric of our country; together and individually, they have contributed to what it means to be British.
How many more like them will disappear before this appalling recession has run its course? And how much poorer, in terms of heritage and identity, will our country be?
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Sorry for the levity in the circumstances.
Whilst bearing in mind the seriousness of the situation that I am speaking about; whilst reading your blog, I was struck by the fact that you said that the brand Viyella is truly a part of the fabric of our society.
I mused to myself that it IS a fabric of our society.