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A Photographic Look-Back REPORTS and PHOTOS from the BENTY and CRAIGS : PAGES 8, 9 &12 A photographic look-back REPORTS AND PHOTOS FROM THE BENTY AND CRAIGS : PAGES 8, 9 &12 Series 2 No. 8365 Established May 1848 Thursday July 23, 2020 www.eladvertiser.co.uk 80p Mill’s billionaire owner cBurt EiWpM spays liti hnas regach esd augreepmepnts wliithe nerarlys a,ll itcs mlanaufaictmurers PHILIP Day, the Brampton billionaire and owner of operating shops and doing very The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has been accused of little online. pushing his company’s suppliers in the UK and overseas The tourists, who snapped up to the brink of collapse, according to an investigation by its tartan scarves and shortbread, The Sunday Times are staying away as are the over 60 shoppers on whom Day heav - Common Riding EWM’s silence, in the face of only 50 per cent of the agreed ily depends. pleas for payments for goods price before backing down after Nervous ordered and shipped, is causing the Bangladesh Garment Recognising that many of its hardship among employees who Manufacturers and Exporters Supplement customers are nervous about work for the clothing manufac - Association threatened to black - venturing out, only 300 of its turers which supply EWM list it. 1,100 outlets are open. Group’s businesses. EWM said it had already paid The article says Day entered They also include Austin Reed, for most of its future stock when the crisis without a substantial Jaeger, Peacocks, Jane Norman the crisis hit. online business. He has resisted and Bonmarche. On orders sitting at British investing heavily in e-commerce Philip Day’s handling of the ports, EWM has haggled with and spent £4.5m buying shop impact of the coronavirus on suppliers over the shipping com - freeholds last year, a testament his retail empire was exposed pany bill for holding uncollected to his belief that the appeal of in an article in the newspaper goods. old-fashioned retail would It focused on a Hungarian manufacturer, which has had to Autumn endure. close its doors, and has received Most suppliers have consented When lockdown was declared, no communication from its to being paid in the autumn for Day furloughed almost all of “English owner”, although Day clothing shipped as far back as EWM’s 24,000 employees and denies he owns the factory which February. has not said whether he will makes items for Austin Reed Many suppliers with orders in reject the government’s £1,000 and Jaeger. production have still received a head bonus for keeping fur - The owner of Denim Expert nothing, forcing some to take loughed staff until the end of in Bangladesh, Mostafiz Uddin, out high-interest loans to pay January. says he is owed £168,000 for the mills which sold them the A spokesperson for EWM 43,600 pairs of jeans, a third of fabric. Group told the E&L Advertiser: which are finished and sitting The cash squeeze means they "The shareholders and directors in his factory. are struggling to buy the mate - of EWM Group have categori - He claims EWM is not reply - rials needed to make orders for cally never owned or controlled ing to phone calls or emails and the autumn/winter season. in any form the factory in he can’t recover from the dam - EWM has fanned the flames Hungary which supplies Austin age it has done to his business. of their anger by quietly courting Reed and Jaeger. The company refused to take new suppliers, a process it "As a customer of the factory, Make a date with the E&L Advertiser next delivery of all orders which had describes as a routine cost com - we have been told it will offi - not been shipped, totalling parison exercise. cially close once it completes a Thursday, July 30 so you don't miss our £26.8m in Bangladesh alone. EWM Group has about 1,100 consultation process required 8-page supplement on On some orders, which had high street stores and the article by Hungarian law and cannot already been despatched, says the company is struggling do so before then." Langholm Common Riding, packed full of memories EWM said it would pay because of its emphasis on > Turn to Page 2 from Common Ridings past THE ESKDALE & LIDDESDALE ADVERTISER A real souvenir to take home and keep. Owned by the Community, Published for the Community 2 Thursday July 23, 2020 Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser www.eladvertiser.co.uk Deaths Church Notices Felt not Telt film REID CANONBIE UNITED Thoughts on town’s Common Riding Peacefully at Thomas Hope Hospital on 18th & LIDDESDALE July 2020, John (Jake) Reid, Townfoot, Langholm, PARISH CHURCHES a much loved father, brother, uncle and friend to many. Although Covid-19 has Funeral private due to current circumstances. meant our doors are closed No flowers please donations in lieu to a cancer we remain available to offer support where we can. charity of your choice. Please contact the Session If you wish to show your respect the cortege will Clerks on 013873 25255 or be moving down the High Street at 2pm on [email protected]. Monday 27th July. Canonbie Treasurer Fiona Smith has received the new weekly offering envelopes. If you would like to receive SANDILANDS yours or wish to donate by Kathleen Sandilands nee Murray late of bank transfer please contact Glenzierhead passed away in Winniepeg 13/07/20. her on 013873 71616 or Greatly missed and loved. [email protected] for details. All Services In Memoriam CANCELLED until further notice In Memoriam Documentary maker Sian Yeshe would like to hear about what Langholm Common Riding means to you IRVING LANGHOLM, FELT not Telt is a documentary Sian Yeshe was raised in Langholm She freelanced as a film-maker In rembrance of a film project created by Langholm and still lives here while studying a while based in Langholm until mov - dearly loved ESKDALEMUIR, filmmaker Sian Yeshe and focused Masters in creative practice at the ing to Austria to work for Red Bull Mum and Granny, EWES & WESTERKIRK on Langholm Common Riding. University of Cumbria. Media House headquarters. Phemie, PARISH CHURCHES The project’s objective is to com - who passed away on municate the rich history of the Resolve 27th July 2005 With no services the Common Riding and its importance She spent just over six months church is getting little or to the community of Langholm. working as a junior in a small team Remembered always by no income. Over the coming weeks Sian will which created new content for Kathleen, Jimmy & Levon If you wish to donate by interview members of the commu - international audiences. xxx making a bank transfer nity, filming here and collating The experience solidified her please contact the trea - archive material to create the core resolve to pursue an independent career in filmmaking and, once again, surer, David Johnstone, content of the project. Funeral Services However, as we all know, it’s the she chose to move back to Langholm on the phone numbers be - people of Langholm who make it and focus on freelancing. low and he will supply such a great day so Sian would like With a higher calibre of clients, necessary details. to hear from you. Red Bull included, Sian decided to FUundnerteakrera &l M Donuimrenetacl Sterovirce s Together with OutPost Arts she also pursue further academics, New Memorials supplied Tel: 013873 80859. will release snippets of archive, enrolling in the MA creative Sian Yeshe is making a documentary practice. Mobile. 07543 179469 along with ways for people to digi - about Langholm Common Riding Additional Inscriptions and Cleaning tally get involved so keep your eyes Using her Masters to explore All Services documentary film and its place in peeled. Upon completing high school in CANCELLED If anyone has any questions for contemporary culture, Sian chose Charity no. SCO11946 Langholm, Sian moved to Aberdeen until further notice to focus her final work on the Sian or wishes to be included in to study communication design at the project, don’t hesitate to get in Common Riding, its history and its DBriaervy iBdan kW, Ew. eEs, rLsankghionlm e Greys School of Art. This led her touch at [email protected] to work in film. meaning to the people of Langholm. Tel: 013873 81251 or 07710 906257 The Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser is part funded by the following organisations along with FUNERAL charitable trusts and individuals from the DIRECT ORS community of Langholm. For a Personal Service Shops open on trial basis > From Page 1 crisis and it’s only by working Hedle y and Tur nbull together constructively that we can On its suppliers, he said: “When tackle a challenge as unprecedented 013873 75404 / 013873 75532 / 0789 655 7941 Supported by the this global crisis hit, we had already as coronavirus. Dumfriesshire East Community paid for most of the future stock “Our discussions with most of our Benefit Group which is funded by and we have since had productive suppliers have been positive and Birthday Thanks ScottishPower Renewables discussions with individual suppliers they have understood we’re trying Ewe Hill Windfarm about remaining stock. to find a balanced way forward “We have engaged with all our which matches the immediate, urgent Kenny Gordon individual suppliers with openness, challenges faced by high-street stores I would like to thank family and friends for the honesty and the best of intentions, nationally and those of suppliers.” lovely cards and gifts received on my 70th even when the circumstances are He added: "We’ve taken a par - birthday. Leader The Scottish difficult. ticularly cautious approach to I would especially like to thank Sandy for the D & G Government "We have now reached agreements reopening stores because we know Q.O.S cake and Ellie and Mac for the family get Philip Day, owner of with almost all our suppliers and The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group some of our customers are still together.
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