But textile workers at a venerable Egyptian spinning mill recently did something that was considered unthinkable.

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Historians say they will fight plans to demolish a Victorian spinning mill in Leicester.

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The 19th Century building was a spinning mill making stockings for the country and reaching nation-wide fame when it provided Captain Scott his clothing for his attempt to reach the South Pole.

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One department of a spinning mill in Philadelphia had a labour turnover rate of 250% that is, nobody stayed in a job for more than five months while the average for other parts of the company was 6%.

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By that time the rumour mill was spinning news of a Labour victory and the grey faces of the SNP activists seemed to confirm it.

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