TAYLOR AND LODGE, LOCKWOOD, ‘LICENCE TO MILL’ A JAMES BOND FAVOURITE

A TEXTILE firm was given a ‘licence to mill’ by the makers of the new James Bond film. Taylor and Lodge, in Lockwood, produced the fabric for a suit worn by Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace. Sales director Robert McQuillan said: “I’ve always been a Bond fan so this was absolutely fantastic news. We’re all delighted.” Designer Tom Ford bought cashmere and mohair from the Albert Street mill 18 months ago to produce a dinner suit for the film. Robert said: “I think it suited them because it’s a very traditional English fabric which photographs well. It’s similar to the suits worn by Sean Connery in the 1960s.”