Wool, lead and coal were other local industries.

Wool processing companies such as Wolspinnerij Van Iersel, Spinnerij en Weverij Van Hoof and De Wollendekensfabriek Van Doren were located in Mol.

Wool, wheat, other grains, livestock and timber were the most common cargoes.

The other crosses were the Livestock Cross, the Cheese & Milk Cross and the Wool & Yarn Cross.

Thousands of pounds of wool and mohair were sold annually through the Sanderson Wool Commission.

Wool biodegrades quickly, so it is likely that earlier mittens, possibly in other countries, may have existed but were not preserved.

Wool was imported from Northern Europe ( and in the 16th century from Spain ) and together with dyes from the east were used to make high quality textiles.

Wool merchants were able to build prosperous town houses in St. John's and Long Street and around the market place.

In 1888 Elder's Wool & Produce Co. Ltd, ( a subsidiary Elder Smith and Company ), and Elder Smith and Company were amalgamated, and Peter Waite became chairman of directors of Elder Smith & Co. Ltd, " displaying remarkable ingenuity and initiative ".

Wool spinning and cloth manufacture were important originally as cottage industries.

Silk, Wool, Fustian, the traditional fibres, were being eclipsed by cotton which was became the most important textile.

Wool cloth of one kind or another was traded as far back as the French regime in North America ( 1500-1765 ), but HBC point blankets were introduced in 1780 to compete with similar blankets offered by the Montreal-based private traders.

Wool prices tripled in 1951 and farmers who had been struggling to survive on small sheep farms, getting low wool prices for 22 years, were starting to pay off their debts.

However, the much more substantial facility of stone to become known as Fort Monroe ( and adjacent Fort Wool on a man-made island across the channel ) were completed in 1834.

The public school was opened in 1955 and the Wool Stores were established in 1971.

He collected and commissioned work by many of his peers: some of his exhibition posters were designed by such prominent artists as Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Rosemarie Trockel and Mike Kelley.

Wool prices were down.

Wool was the main source of fibres for clothing, and flax was also common, although it is not clear if they grew it for fibres, for oil, or as a foodstuff.

Wool, wood, leather, metal, plastic, fiber composite even recycled materials are all common suitcase materials.

Wool churches are common in the Cotswolds and in East Anglia, where enormous profits from the wool business spurred construction of ever-grander edifices.

Wool absorbs sound like many other fabrics.

Wool is commonly used for warm clothing.

Wool pants, or once available, rubber pants, would sometimes be used over the cloth diaper to prevent leakage.

British Wool logo used by the Marketing Board as a servicemark

The water of Butternut Creek was used to power many textile mills in the valley, including the Hargrave factory on Lake St. and Butternuts Wool & Cotton Co. just below the village.

In the 1950s, the southern man-made island of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel was constructed next to Fort Wool, and used as the southernmost anchor for the tunnels.

Children with the condition have also been described as " Cotton Wool Babies ," and in South America, " Crystal Skin Children " is the term used.

This holiday extended to two years ; Stanley stayed at the White Hart Inn and created many of his important works in his room above the bar which he used as a studio, including ' Us in Gloucestershire ' and ' The Wool Shop '.

Wool and cabuya fibre are the most commonly used.

* Wool, the commonly used term in the UK for yarn

Some of the stone used in the construction possibly came from Bindon Abbey, near Wool, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Wool is still used today as a filter, along with other substances such as plastic, glass, cellulose, and combinations of two or more of these materials.

" The main hall is still used as a Wool exchange and has finely detailed lofty hammer-beam roof with wrought iron work decoration.

Wool and silk on cotton warp, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Wool is resistant to static electricity, as the moisture retained within the fabric conducts electricity, so wool garments are much less likely to spark or cling to the body.

Wool, in various weaves, was the most dominant fabric for dresses, and the ladies of the court often simply added a train to their kirtle for formal occasions.

The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and Wool Products Labeling Act require a Made in USA label on most clothing and other textile or wool household products if the final product is manufactured in the U. S. of fabric that is manufactured in the U. S., regardless of where materials earlier in the manufacturing process ( for example, the yarn and fiber ) came from.

Wool refers to the hair of the domestic goat or sheep, which is distinguished from other types of animal hair in that the individual strands are coated with scales and tightly crimped, and the wool as a whole is coated with a wax mixture known as lanolin ( aka wool grease ), which is waterproof and dirtproof.

The Wool Road ( now the Oxley Highway ), was built through here in 1842 with convict labour to link the wool-growing settlement of Walcha with Port Macquarie.

Under the Wool Marketing Act 1950, the BWMB is required to register all producers with four or more sheep with the exception of producers in Shetland, which has its own arrangement.

At the time, the city was known as the " Wool Capital of the World ", and it was the center of of wool, wheat, cattle and sheep production, with no other such center east of the Cascade Range in Oregon.

After World War I, Verviers could share with Bradford the title of “ Wool Capital of the World ”.

* Verviers counts several museums, including the Wool and Fashion Tourist Centre, housed in a beautiful former factory with a Neoclassical-style façade.

Other notable bands from the original Bong Load Custom Records include Fu Manchu, Wool, Kyuss, Dog Society, The Obsessed, Fatso Jetson and Los Angeles Bands Lutefisk and Project K. In 2007, Rothrock relaunched the label with a series of his own solo recordings of instrumental releases.

Some sources suggest that she found three American soldiers preparing to beat him to death with their gunstocks ; according to this account, she begged to save her husband's life, reportedly offering her own in return, when American Captain John E. Wool happened upon the situation and reprimanded the soldiers.

In 2011, the double disc Died in the Wool was released as variations on the 2009 release Manafon with the addition of six new pieces, including collaborations with composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, and a roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers.

Wool was charged with laying out the defenses.

After recovering from his wound, Wool was promoted major of the 29th United States Infantry Regiment, which he led with distinction at the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814.

An orphan with little formal education, Wool remained in the military service.

Based in California, General Wool wrote to local papers with his opinions of the Oregon situation.

From 1368: " By Royal decree, the Wool Staple was transferred from Canterbury to Queenborough, which, together with Sandwich, became one of the only two places in Kent through which all the exported wool was compulsorily directed.

He divided his forces into four commands: one, under Col. Sterling Price, appointed military governor, was to occupy and maintain order in New Mexico with his approximately 800 men ; a second group under Col. Alexander William Doniphan, with a little over 800 men was ordered to capture El Paso, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico and then join up with General John E. Wool ; the third command of about 300 dragoons mounted on mules, he led under his command to California along the Gila River trail.

File: Wool wagon. JPG | A team of Australian Draught Horses with a record load of 150 bales of wool.

A small earthen causeway connected the man-made island with that of Fort Wool.

Elders had begun its move into Victoria with the acquisition of Commonwealth Wool and De Garis and Sons, lifting the network to 116 branches – 51 more than just before the war.