What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Francis Wilkinson 1844-1897 re-built Anglo Scotian Mills 1892 then the largest net curtain factory in Europe Recorded plaque organisation: Southern Broxtowe Blue Plaque Group.
Francis Wilkinson was a prominent industrialist who significantly contributed to the textile industry by rebuilding the Anglo Scotian Mills in 1892, transforming it into the largest net curtain factory in Europe at that time.
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