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Cutting Cord Pile, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914. - CWS00163
Using the Netherwood Cutting Machine
Sewing Room, Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1914 - CWS00165
Sewing, hand finishing and stitching off.
Queen Street Mill near Burnley - FJW00295
This is the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill.
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
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.
Westfield Shed, Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC01057
Cornelius Giblin, Warp Twister at Greenwood Stell & Sons Ltd.
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade - HLS05098
Cutting room pre- First World War with sewing machinists in the background with treadle Singer sewing machines. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made…
Hebden Bridge Clothing Trade. - HLS05100
HLS05100. Sewing machinists at treadle sewing machines in a large Machine Room pre- First World War. As well as textile mills Hebden Bridge also had a sizeable wholesale clothing trade making ready-to-wear garments. These were mainly made of corduroy…
J. B. Hoyle, Victoria Road, Hebden Bridge - HPC00115
JB Hoyle were clothing manufacturers in Hebden Bridge.
CD109
Photo taken c1985.
CD109
Photo taken c1985.
Marsden Tenterposts - HPC00173
Photo taken c1985. In 2011 a stonemason began work on 10 tenter posts in Marsden.
The Grade II listed structures at Crowther Bruce Mill Road had been left to deteriorate for many years. Most tenter posts were made of wood and have long since…
The Grade II listed structures at Crowther Bruce Mill Road had been left to deteriorate for many years. Most tenter posts were made of wood and have long since…
Woodbottom - HPC00422
NAME: WOODBOTTOM MILL
LOCATION: Hollins Road, Knowl Wood
REF: CD13
GRID REF: 932 226
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A small works built into the hillside…
LOCATION: Hollins Road, Knowl Wood
REF: CD13
GRID REF: 932 226
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A small works built into the hillside…
The Growth of the Cottage Industry - MOT00117
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…
Joshua Smith's - MOT00188
View across the main weaving shed at Joshua Smith's, 1912.
Greenwood & Co., Shuttle Makers - MOT00237
Greenwood & Co. took 'room and power' at Salford Mill (where the new units are today) in 1892. Members of the Greenwood family and employees are seen in this photograph in the 1920s.
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
Technical Education : Weaving - MOT00377
Todmorden Technical School - weaving room