Them were the days! I didn't know Pertex was made there. As a kid mad on reading about climbing I used to love the fact that a lot of the stuff I'd see in pictures in books by Chris Bonnington etc out in the Himalayas & other exotic places was made in my home town.
Just having a reminisce! I used to work at Perseverance in Padiham that wove, dyed and finished that Pertex fabric.