Episode ten: William Lockie

William Lockie was born in 1835 and his career began in the finishing department of a hosiery manufacturer, Messrs William Laidlaw and Sons. Lockie found himself setting up his own business at a time of industrial boom and entrepreneurial highs. Back then the sleeping town of Hawick was transforming into an internationally renowned knitwear hub that would soon be producing over one million pairs of woollen socks a year.

In this episode Gill and Lynne discuss the luddite movement and how innovation in technology sparked riots. Lynne recalls how one lovely lady at William Lockie saved her bacon as sales teams in Milan piled on pressure to expand too fast.