Fascinating. Any of the people shown who were at the mill in the fifties and sixtiews would have knoen my father and aunt. I remember some of the places in the mill from a couple of summer holiday jobs I had there in the mid 1960s. The lady telling of being hit on the head by a shuttle reminded me of my aunt, who was hit on the knee by a shuttle and could never bend that knww again.
Well that was fascinating and so interesting thank you for putting together. My mother and grandparents worked in the mills in Dewsbury.
I worked just a few miles down the road in Mirfield. I did 40+ years in textiles. This was really a fabulous film for me. Thank you.
Fascinating. Any of the people shown who were at the mill in the fifties and sixtiews would have knoen my father and aunt. I remember some of the places in the mill from a couple of summer holiday jobs I had there in the mid 1960s. The lady telling of being hit on the head by a shuttle reminded me of my aunt, who was hit on the knee by a shuttle and could never bend that knww again.
when would those fulling stocks with the big hammers be in use?
Most of those machine like the Jacquard would be impossible to replicate today for less that a million pounds.