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Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00137
Far side of table: Marion Helliwell, S.G. Hellowell. Near side of table, left to right: Len Barrett, Lewis Barker.
Doubling at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00139
These machines are ring doubling frames, made by Howard & Bullough Ltd, Globe Works, Accrington, the world's largest maker of ring frames. They are making a folded (two or more folds) yarn. Bobbins from the bobbin winding frames are placed in the…
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…
Interior of the Blowing Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00141
This view shows a scutcher, the final process in the Blowing Room. The large roll of cotton, called a 'lap' has been 'doffed' and has a lap rod inserted through the centre, ready to go to the carding machine in the Cardroom. A pile of lap rods is…
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00142
Tom Southwell, seated. Percy Atherton standing.
Machine Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00143
Possibly Harry Moss on right.
Cone Winding at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00144
Amy Newbitt at work.
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.
Waterside - MOT00181
A view across the 'New' shed at Waterside in 1912. Interior of the large weaving shed at Waterside in 1912. It is now the site of the Morrisons Supermarket.
Joshua Smith's - MOT00191
Joshua Smith's winding room - A view of the winding room at Joshua Smith's Frostholme Mill, in Cornholme, 1913. The firm of Joshua Smith's ran the mill from 1882 until well into the 1950s, at one time employing over 700 people in the production of…
Exhibition Stand, c1910 - CWS00101
Sam Moore, Commercial Traveller for the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Co-operative Society Ltd, standing beside an exhibition stand that was taken all over to shows and exhibitions. The stand took to pieces for ease of transportation.
Annual Stocktaking Dinner - CWS00102
Taken at the back of the White Lion Hotel, Hebden Bridge. The event was a dinner to celebrate an Annual Stocktaking, probably in the early 1890s. Back row standing: Fred Greenwood, John Hollingrake, Lloyd Greenwood, James William Blackburn, William…
Fustian Cutter - CWS00104
Possibly John Hartley, hand cutting corduroy. Taken in the yard of C.W.S. Nutclough Mill. Photo donated to Mr Barker of the C.W.S. by S.G. Hellowell of Cragg Vale.
Group of Men - CWS00105
Photo possibly taken outside Cliff House, c1916. Standing left to right: John Stansfield, James Dawson, Tim Helliwell, Egbert Howarth, J. Holt (Todmorden), William Harry Eastwood, William Ingham (Luddenden). Sitting left to right: William Baxendale…
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…
Nutclough Mill Workers, c1914 - CWS00107
There are various names on the back of this picture, but it is not clear to whom they refer: Lloyd G.M. Hampton, Sam Green, Miss Kitchen, James Cockcroft, Fleta Barnes, Craven, mary Greenwood. At the front: William Hartley, John Greenwood.
Frank Mitchell, killed in the Great War, 1914-1918 - CWS00108
Frank worked in the office at Nutclough, when he went to war Miss Marion Helliwell came into the office to take his place.
Birchcliffe Hillside pre 1878 - CWS00109
This view over the Nutclough, Birchcliffe and Foster Lane areas of Hebden Bridge is part of a photograph held by Allan Moss. Stubbing School was built in 1878, hence the date is given as prior to that.
Drying Cylinders at Nutclough Mill, c1916 - CWS00146
These were situated on the bottom floor of the mill.
