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Works Outing to Sherwood Forest - CWS00106
This photograph of a group of men with the famous Major Oak, was found in the Cutting Room at Nutclough Mill in June or July 1968, when the works on Valley Road were being cleared prior to vacating the premises. As Leonard Stocks is not on the photo…
Winding Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00145
Pirn winding frames. Winding yarn from cone on to pirn to go into the shuttle of the loom.
Winding at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00113
These machines are bobbin winding frames. The front one is probably made by Joseph Stubbs Ltd, Manchester, who specialised in winding machinery and had works at Ancoats and Openshaw. The nearest machine is 'assembly winding' ie winding two ends from…
Weaving at Nutclough, c1914 - CWS00156
When weaving ceased this building became a Dyehouse and was later demolished.
Weaving at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00111
Ethel Crabtree at Work. On her right is a dobby, a mechanism for pattern weaving.
The Weaving Shed at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00125
These are Lancashire looms. The loom was a semi-automatic power loom invented by James Bullough and William Kenworthy in 1842.
The Old Nutclough Weaving Shed - CWS00155
This section of the mill was demolished in 1914.
Spinning mule in Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00122
This view is of the spinning room and shows a pair of self-acting mules spinning cotton yarn from roving. The spindles are mounted in a moving carriage and move away from the drafting rollers, inserting twist. Usually in cotton spinning, the carriage…
Spinning at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00140
This view in the Spinning Room shows ring spinning frames, an alternative process for the production of cotton yarn to the self-acting mule. Rovings from the roving frame are placed in the creel and the ends threaded through the roller drafting…
Sewing Room, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914 - CWS00165
Sewing, hand finishing and stitching off.
Sewing room, Nutclough Mill, c1914 - CWS00158
This was on the top floor of the mill.
Scouring & Dyeing, Nutclough Mill, c1914 - CWS00160
Scouring is taking place in the foreground, with the dyeing jigs behind.
Revolving Flat Carding Engine at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00116
This is carding, the first process in the Cardroom, where the raw wool or cotton is prepared for subsequent spinning by separating the fibres to form a sliver, this is performed on a revolving flat card made by Platt Bros & Co Ltd of Oldham, the…
Outside the Hinchcliffe Arms, Cragg Vale - CWS00166
Carriages await the mourners at Hinchliffe Hinchliffe's funeral.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00142
Tom Southwell, seated. Percy Atherton standing.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00137
Far side of table: Marion Helliwell, S.G. Hellowell. Near side of table, left to right: Len Barrett, Lewis Barker.
Nutclough Mill, Retirement Presentation - CWS00213
Retirement in 1959 of Harold Harrison, cutter in the clothing department. Presentation by Director H. Kemp.
Nutclough Mill, Retirement Presentation - CWS00212
Retirement of Clara Redman, 1962.
Nutclough Mill, Long Service Presentation - CWS00211
Ethel Greenwood, granddaughter of Joseph Greenwood, receiving an illuminated address and cheque for £40 from Director Welch in recognition of her long service to the C.W.S. 29th June, 1960.