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Mons Mill - MOT00205
Mrs Payne, right, at her drawing frame with Mr Melton, the Head Carder, Mons Mill, 1949.
Mons Mill - MOT00204
View inside the card room at Mons Mill, 1936.
Machine Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00143
Possibly Harry Moss on right.
Machine Knotting (Warp Tying) at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00118
Machine manufactured by Barber-Colman
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…
Joshua Smith's - MOT00188
View across the main weaving shed at Joshua Smith's, 1912.
Intermediate Roving Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00119
This shows a later process in the Cardroom, the machines are flyer frames, specifically,either intermediate or roving frames. Bobbins from the previous process, eg the slubbing frame, are placed in the creel and pass through the drafting system,…
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…
Inside Bankfoot Mill, Hebden Bridge – AGW00271
The firm, Crabtree Bros. Ltd., specialised in dyeing and finishing heavy fustians, mainly moleskins, and related fabrics such as Bedford Cords, Whipcords and Cavalry twills. The firm didn't process corduroys or other pile fabrics. Much of the…
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…
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.
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.
Farrar and Crabtree, Cornholme - TAL00210
Mr Crabtree is in the foreground. Per (Photo by?) the late Mr F Anderson, 169 Manchester Road, Burnley who died in 1988.AN 55941158
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.
Drying Cylinders at Nutclough Mill, c1916 - CWS00146
These were situated on the bottom floor of the mill.
Drawing Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00120
This is in the cardroom and shows the back of a slubbing frame. The sliver cans in the foreground have come from the drawframes (not shown in this picture). The drawframe sliver is passed through the roller drafting system, which reduces the weight…
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…
Cylinder Sizing Machine at Nutclough Mill, 1930 - CWS00115
The machine was manufactured by Howard & Bullough in Accrington, Lancashire. Founded in 1851, the company was a major manufacturer of power looms in the 1860s.
Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.
Cutting at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00132
Archie Wild of Netherwood.
