My mum used to make Bridport neckties.... she worked in the rope factory that supplied the UK prisons with rope for hangings.

At Bridport in Dorset, rope & netmaking have been the major industry since the 13th Century but since the death penalty was repealed in the 1960s, their most famous products are the nets for Wimbledon Tennis tournaments.

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