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Mr. Pickles, in reply to Alderman Thornber, J.P., told him that 
his firm were going to put the patents on all their looms, and thus 
save half the breakages. He also said that if they had a higher 
technical school for the manufacturers to attend, it would be a 
good thing for Burnley. 
During the evening, at the invitation of the Lecturer, light 
refreshments were partaken of, and at the close the audience had 
an opportunity of examining a quantity of raw material and 
finished goods, as well as loom furniture, including old and new 
shuttles, with the latest grooved peg. 

