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Pioneer Mill, Walsden - MOT00371
Mule Spinners at Pioneer Mill, Walsden c1912 - The mill was built by the Pioneer Mill Company which had been formed to celebrate the jubilee of the Walsden Co-operative Society. The corner stone of the new mill (actually named 'Jubilee' Mill) was…
Technical Education - MOT00374
Todmorden Technical Institute - part of spinning room
The working day. Alma Dawson, weaver - MOT00406
Alma Dawson, aged about 17, weaver at Dawson's in 1943. Like most weavers, Alma looked after 4 looms.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00286
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
A Hopper Opener at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00117
This look like a woollen card hopper, but actually the photo was taken in the Blowing Room and shows a hopper opener, feeding a line of machines leading to the scutcher. Cotton comes in press-packed bales, and it must be loosened up or 'opened' and…
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00512
Crabtree Bros. Size mixing vats on last day of production 17th January 1969.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00513
Crabtree Bros. Size mixing vats on last day of production 17th January 1969.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00514
Crabtree Bros. Drying moleskins on last day of production 17th January 1969.
Beaming at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00112
Winding the warp yarns, in one winding operation, onto the weaving beam.
Bentwood Bros at Crescent Mill - MOT00414
Garment manufacturing in the former weaving shed at Crescent Mill, 1984. Bentwood Bros., closed the Todmorden factory in May 1992 and the premises are now occupied by the Todmorden Motor Co. (1993).
Bentwood Bros at Crescent Mill - MOT00415
Garment manufacturing in the former weaving shed at Crescent Mill, 1984. Bentwood Bros., closed the Todmorden factory in May 1992 and the premises are now occupied by the Todmorden Motor Co. (1993).
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills - MOT00271
Ted Clark on the scouring machine, 1986.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills - MOT00272
Glyn Hughes mixing the dye.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills - MOT00274
Albert Martin, in charge of the crossing and brushing machines. 1986.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills - MOT00275
Glyn Hughes dyeing the corduroys, 1986.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills - MOT00276
Barry Sanderson operating the rolling-up machine, 1986.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. - MOT00279
Brisbane Moss Corduroys: Dyers and Finishers of velvets, velveteens, cords and suedettes, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. Cutting velveteens at Moss Bros, around 1900.
Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. - MOT00280
Brisbane Moss Corduroys: Dyers and Finishers of velvets, velveteens, cords and suedettes, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood.
Bill Sayer on the old velveteen cutters in 1986. The machines were eventually phased out in 1990.
Bill Sayer on the old velveteen cutters in 1986. The machines were eventually phased out in 1990.