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Rushes were
traditionally
harvested
upstream of
the Nine Arch Bridge and taken to the drying fields beside the factory where they stood up to 8 feet high. One such stook is shown above with Dorothy Loveday on the left and another worker preparing dried reeds for weaving.
Loveday’s closed in 1960, the factory being demolished. Rushmere Close built in 1969 now stands on the site.
Loveday’s was not the only rush working factory in the village. The Islip Working Men’s Club building was previously Alfred Knight’s horse collar factory built in about 1905.
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