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Chorley union had enough members in Burnley that they were able to form their own, independent, union, the Burnley and District Weavers' Winders' and Beamers' Association. The end of the decade saw a downturn in the trade and the new union organised industrial action. It struggled to
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The period from 1920 saw a long downturn in the
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keep going, but did survive, and in 1884 it affiliated to the new
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Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association
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