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f when you hear ‘Bible Belt’ you have in mind the chunk of states in the southern United States, know that at we have another geographical hotspot in mind. Our Bible Belt (for the U.K., at least; we have plenty across the globe), is a strip of land between Middlesex and Rutland, north-west of London. This is traditional craft country in Britain, where many shoes, fabrics (the notable exception being the Scottish mills and Somerset representatives such as Fox Brothers), cars and clothes are manufactured. While the shopper will make the sartorial Hajj to Savile Row, etc. True devotees will at some point head to the mills and makers of their favourite brands, and this

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