The Neglected Legacy of Lancashire Cotton: Industrial Clusters and the U.K. Outdoor Trade, 1960-1990 |
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| Authors: | Parsons, Mike Rose, Mary B. |
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| Affiliation: | MIKE PARSONS is co-owner of OMM Ltd and Honorary Entrepreneurial Fellow, Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, U.K. Contact information: Decollage, Patterdale, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0NL, U.K. E-mail: mike.theomm{at}btconnect.com.
MARY B. ROSE is professor of entrepreneurship, Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, U.K. Contact information: Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA 1 4YX, UK. E-mail: m.rose{at}lancaster.ac.uk. |
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| Abstract: | This article considers the neglected legacies of the Lancashirecotton industry and their impact on the U.K. outdoor trade.Studies of the decline of the Lancashire cotton industry afterthe Second World War have concentrated on the collapse of coarsecotton spinning and weaving, largely ignoring the impact ofthe knowledge and skills related to the finishing trades. Theexamination of the evolution of rainwear, coatings, and high-performancefabrics in the nineteenth century provides a backdrop to a studyof the innovation process that emerged in the U.K. outdoor tradeafter 1960. It shows that there was a path dependency betweenthe skills that resided in Lancashires finishing tradesand coating and fabric innovation for outdoor products. Thisarticle explores both the legacy and the ways in which the networksof innovation functioned as the U.K. outdoor trade expanded. |
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