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Fishing nets plants

 

Fishing net companies located in the village were Clement Lefebvre, Nectar Helluin, and the largest, Thuillier-Buridard, the largest of them all. Most of the workers were local residents.

 

 

The Thuiller-Buridard company, founded in 1885, had evolved into a grouping of several companies. This one had won several prizes: a bronze medal in Paris in 1889, a gold medal in 1900, one in London in 1905, and one in Brussels in 1910. The Clément Lefebvre company won a silver medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900.

The headquarters of the fishing nets company was in the 14th district of Paris. The firm owned several factories:

- Coudekerque-Branche in Northern France, next to Dunkirk: Ets Dickson, Walrawe Co.,
- in the Douarnenez, Brittany region, "Bélignic Company,"
- Paris: Cocatre Company.
- Vignacourt: spinning and weaving, the "Thuillier-Buridard" and "Clement Lefebvre" Cies.

The factory that specialised in twisting cotton was located behind the church. The factory in Thuillier-Burridard Street, where the chimney still stands, was dedicated to the manufacture of fishing nets.

 

One of the Vignacourt factories.

 

Workshop of the fishing nets.

 

Plant in Douarnenez Brittany.

 

The Paris factory was located, in the 14th quarter.