The farriers, knife-makers, locksmiths, chain-forgers, nail-makers, helmet-makers, escutcheon-makers, stonemasons and, aforementioned harness-polishers would gather regularly at their guild halls.
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Digital technology has already rocked the media and retailing industries, just as cotton mills crushed hand looms and the Model T put farriers out of work.