Modern Hill Owner -- Modern Mill Owner -- Rex Mayall, whose cotton mills produce fine colour shirtings and rayon textiles that are in demand all over the world, particularly in the United States and Canada, is a good example of the modern mill owner, the man who has to work miracles. Thirty-nine years of age, tall, his speech hall-marked by his native Lancashire, he is the dynamic force in his mills. He believes in paying his men workers enough to support a family, believes that bright, cheerful, clean working conditions attract the right type of mill girl, believes, that good management does away with the majority of workers' complaints. September 07, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).