Brooklands Lockout had been resolved by the Brooklands Agreement. Wage negotiations passed from the individual mill to agreements between the professional negotiators of the principal unions and the employers federation. As maintaining the dividend became a priority and the mill was starved of capital investment. The good times peaked in 1926, and because, Oldham had specialised in the coarse counts it was far more vulnerable to competition from the emerging Indian and Japanese industries than other Lancashire towns. See also History of Oldham References Bibliography Cotton industry in England Companies based in Oldham Textile manufacturers of England History of Oldham Victorian era 19th-century economic history British companies established in 1858 Manufacturing companies established in 1858 1858 establishments in England