Margaret Watson. No wonder he caused a local sensation when he decided to visit a Dewsbury mill shortly after the Queen’s coronation in 1952. He was here looking for material for his book entitled “The Queen’s Countrywomen” which was all about working women. The author came to Wormalds and Walker’s mill in Thornhill Lees to talk to women weavers about their work. Blanket coverage: Famous author and broadcaster of the 1950s, Godfrey Winn is pictured with a group of weavers from Wormalds and Walker’s mill, Thornhill Lees – the biggest blanket manufacturing mill in the country. He went there in search of material for his book, The Queen’s Countrywomen, which was all about working women.