Weaving and Spinning Mills

[sallyyorks]

List of Occupations associated with Weaving and Spinning Mills

(will add more info later , eg links)

Bailer , Bobbin Carrier , Billy Piecer , Bobbin Maker , Bobbin Turner , Bleacher , Carpet Weaver , Cotton Spinner , Cotton Weaver , Cotton Bailer , Clothier , Carder , Card Maker , Comber , Cropper , Doubler , Dyer , Doffer , Drawer , Dresser ,  Fettler , Filler , Finisher , Flax Dresser , Flax Spinner/Weaver , Frame Spinner , Factory Hand/Operative  , Frame Engineer , Fustian Weaver , Mill Hand , Mill Labourer  , Mill Boy/Girl ,  Hand Loom Weaver , Piecer/Piecner  , Power Loom Weaver/Spinner  , Power Loom Engineer ,  Presser , Reeler , Rover , Shalloon Weaver , Shuttle Maker , Shearer , Slubber , Spinner ,  Spooler , Stuff Maker  , Shoddy Weaver , Sorter , Spindle Maker , Small Wares Weaver , Teaser , Tenter , Throstle Spinner , Twister , Warper , Warp twister , Winder , Webster , Weaver , Worsted Weaver , Woollen Weaver ,

[sallyyorks]

Some links

History , Weaving in Yorkshire
http://www.maggieblanck.com/Land/WE.html

Luddites , Rawfolds Mill , West Riding of Yorkshire
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenmitchell/luddites/luddites.htm

Cotton Mill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_mill

Lancashire Cotton Famine/Panic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Cotton_Famine


Luddite machine breaking
http://www.luddites200.org.uk/theLuddites.html

Chartist Ancestors , searchable data base
http://chartists.net

Evidence of Richard Oastler 1832 on 'Yorkshire Slavery'
http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/factmine/oastler.htm

Factory Acts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Acts

Child Labour in Britain
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm

[bykerlads]

Could I venture to add Mender or fine worsted mender?
Almost the final stage of the manufacturing process and in its day considered to be one of the better/nicer jobs in the woollen textile mills.
Very skilled, fine work having the advantage for married ladies with children that it could be done at home- "out-mending"., as my mother did in the 50's and 60's. The huge bales of cloth, "pieces" were brough to the house and mum did the work on the dining table.
A nice bit of extra income when times were hard.

[sallyyorks]

Hi there Bykerlads . Yes great , the more info the better :)
Thinking about a pinned topic for the good old ag labs on this  board  . We need to find some rootschatters  with lots of ag lab knowledge ?

[Meezer]

OH's dad worked as a pin setter in the mill - I gather it was quite a specialist job with just one or two in each mill. I know it was something to do with the looms but sadly Google just seems to know the job as someone who manually re-sets bowling pins!

[youngtug]

OH's dad worked as a pin setter in the mill - I gather it was quite a specialist job with just one or two in each mill. I know it was something to do with the looms but sadly Google just seems to know the job as someone who manually re-sets bowling pins!

Best I could find at short notice; http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1948/V/general/703.pdf

[Meezer]

Thank you.  Love the title "porcupine setter" from that document!

[youngtug]

4 Part film, Queen Street Mill. Harle Syke. Burnley.; http://youtu.be/Q8yMesFqx5A

[Meezer]

Thank you, that's particularly interesting as we are on the Yorks/Lancs border and not a million miles from Burnley. That looks like it could be a good day out for us to visit.