A reconstruction, by inhabitants of Old Farm, Mankinholes, of a cottage industry process. The photograph, taken in 1885, shows Harriet Pilling, demonstrating the use of the 'bobbin-joan' a device used in earlier times for winding the spun cotton on…
A reconstruction, by inhabitants of Old Farm, Mankinholes, of a cottage industry process.
The photograph, taken in 1885 shows John Greenwood, farmer, demonstrating the use of the 'bobbin-joan' a device used in earlier times for winding the spun…