8 4 0 ▁when ▁radical ▁ag it ators ▁seized ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁town , ▁and ▁troops ▁were ▁station ed ▁to ▁maintain ▁order . ▁This ▁radical ▁tradition ▁left ▁a ▁legacy ▁in ▁the ▁town ' s ▁political ▁life , ▁its ▁first ▁elected ▁MP ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁was ▁John ▁Simon , ▁a ▁Jewish ▁lawyer ▁from ▁J ama ica ▁and ▁a ▁Liberal . ▁The ▁tradition ▁of ▁firing ▁the ▁" T en ▁o ' C lock " ▁gun ▁dates ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁hang over ▁from ▁the ▁Lud d ite ▁problems . ▁It ▁was ▁fired ▁from ▁W orm ald ▁and ▁Walker ' s ▁Mill ▁to ▁re ass ure ▁that ▁all ▁was ▁well . ▁It ▁could ▁be ▁heard ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁area . ▁Event ually ▁the ▁actual ▁gun ▁was ▁replaced ▁with ▁a ▁spe cially ▁made ▁fire work ▁but ▁the ▁tradition ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁with ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁the ▁mill . ▁The ▁mill s ▁were ▁family ▁business es ▁and ▁continued ▁manufact uring ▁after ▁the ▁w ool ▁crisis ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 – 5 1 , ▁which ▁saw ▁Australian ▁sheep ▁far mers ▁begin ▁to ▁charge ▁higher ▁prices . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁recovery ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁was ▁revers ed ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁oil ▁crisis , ▁and ▁the ▁text ile ▁industry ▁in ▁D ew s bury ▁decl ined , ▁with ▁only ▁bed ▁manufact uring ▁remaining ▁a ▁large ▁scale ▁employ er . ▁ ▁Rec ent