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Title: Handloom Weaver c.1900, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00161
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Title
Handloom Weaver c.1900, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00161
Description
"The decline of handloom weaving was a long process and it was not until the 1830s that power-loom weaving began to seriously displace the hand loom weavers. After 1841 each national census for Hebden Bridge shows a shrinking number of handloom weavers. The handloom weavers' cottages were increasingly abandoned as families left the area, or moved from the 'tops' into the valley bottom to find work. There were exceptions to the general rule and this photo taken towards the close of the 19th century shows Jack at Bog-eggs who was reputed to be the last handloom weaver in Wadsworth." (Looking Back at Hebden Bridge.)
Creator
Unknown
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
1900s
Rights
PHDA - W. Shepherd Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
WSC00161.tif
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Handloom Weaver c.1900, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00161,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/20745.
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