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Walton’s Picker Works
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stpneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910. With the building of steam factories and the...
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Peter Silvester operating a sizing machine at Heaton's, 1980.
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With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to...
→ View DetailsFielden & Rigg, Slasher, Sizers and Beamers, Dancroft and Bridge Mills
Fielden and Rigg's finally closed on 24th May 1991. Dancroft Mill was built in 1866 as a weaving concern by...
→ View DetailsFielden & Rigg, Slasher, Sizers and Beamers, Dancroft and Bridge Mills
Mr Walter Fielden, one of the original partners of Fielden & Rigg, in July 1985. Fielden and Rigg's finally closed...
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