I enjoyed the theme because I have textiles in the blood: my father was born in Paris in 1917 because grandfather was a sales agent in Paris for Lancashire textiles! His business card lists all sorts such as zephyrs.
I was disappointed that he couldn't work "shoddy" in. I discovered from one of Michael Portillo's train programmes that it's actually a material made from reclaimed stuff. One particular town - was it Hunslet? - specialised in making it.