Wellington Mills, Elland, West Yorkshire

Photograph taken 1930s © George Lumb Spinners Ltd ref: bb86_05786

This picture from Wellington Mills shows women operating machines while men work as mechanics. The machines to the right of this picture are carding machines. These used spiked drums in which the cotton was rotated. This process aligned the fibres, which were then placed in buckets as lengths or 'slivers'. The women in the foreground are mainly working on doubling frames where the slivers were combined to make threads.

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West Yorkshire Elland

Period

1930s (1930 - 1938)

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The machines to the right of this picture are carding machines. These used spiked drums in which the cotton was rotated. This process aligned the fibres, which were then placed in buckets as lengths or 'slivers'. The slivers were combined on a doubling frame, which is the machine that most of these women are working on.

Wellington Mills, Elland, West Yorkshire

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