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Beaming at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00112
Winding the warp yarns, in one winding operation, onto the weaving beam.
Bankfoot Mill - Interior Processing - HBC00514
Crabtree Bros. Drying moleskins 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 - HBC00512
Crabtree Bros. Size mixing vats on last day of production 17th January 1969.
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…
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.
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.
Technical Education - MOT00374
Todmorden Technical Institute - part of spinning room
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…