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Manufacture of sorghum brooms.

Several workshops in the village used to make sorghum brooms. The Sadrin factory was officially known as the Picardy manufacture of sorghum straw brooms and was commonly called the factory.

The Sadrin Company was founded in 1883. One factory was located on Thuillier-Buridard Street in the village. The head office was based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the Paris region.

Mr. Augustin Chabran ran the Sadrin workshop, and later his son-in-law and his daughter took over. Augustin was also the leader of the Vignacourt Vanguard.

The manufacturing was quite artisanal, even if some rudimentary machines made it possible to adjust the straw properly. Production was stopped due to a new production tax that destroyed the company's ability to compete with other manufacturers. The factory was closed on May 1, 1954. Other artisans in the village made straw brooms, and they disappeared for the same reasons.

The staff of the Sadrin factory; photo courtesy of Mrs. Théot.
Mr. Chabran's daughter and her husband, who is in a black suit, are in this picture, as is Abel Theot too.