A historic industrial site in Cleator is set to be transformed into the headquarters of an engineering company.

By 1859 the bleaching mill had been turned into a flax spinning mill and was bought ... improving the lives of their fellow Ulster-Scots workers. The Campbells built homes for their employees ...

The flax would be pulled through heckle combs ... and hecklers became organised. Mills were closed by workers demanding higher pay. Newspapers observed that these strikes could last for weeks ...