Cotton industry
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Cotton industry
If I mention the Cotton industry, how many posts will it take to move this on to a completely different subject? Goodness there are some very strange creatures on this board
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Jack what could be stranger than to start a thread on "The Cotton Industry" on a football forum just to garner reactions
Ohhh f*** I just reacted ... you win
Ohhh f*** I just reacted ... you win
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I worked for over 35 years in the Cotton industry
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Went to Quarry Mill in Manchester, and we saw the mill we now live next to as one of the other mills the owners owned
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Sounds like you are spinning a yarn !
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I ued to deliver cotton to there when I was helping my uncle on his wagon during school holidays ---great education as a young teenager.Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:51 pmWent to Quarry Mill in Manchester, and we saw the mill we now live next to as one of the other mills the owners owned
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Started work at Holmefield Mill - Barrowford in 1976 .
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I think the OP is starting to "needle" some people
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Worth a visit if you've got an interest in the cotton industry and want to know a bit more about it*Ashingtonclaret46 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:55 pmI ued to deliver cotton to there when I was helping my uncle on his wagon during school holidays ---great education as a young teenager.
*or in our case, handy place to meet the in laws about half way
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This thread is full of cotton pickers.
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Coming up to the home games 1960s,always went to the Cotton Mills,on a Sunday morning,before we went back to the Midlands,with towels,tea towels,for all the family,Top Qaulity!
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Gone. But not for cotton!
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Worked in 3 mills for my whole 35+ years. Some achievement in a dying (not dyeing) industry.
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Just told the wife to get dressed, she's just had a shower and hasn't a "stitch" on
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Did she use a flannel in the shower? Go and canvas her about it & dont accept any waffle.
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No, it's weaving
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Talkingof cotton, me, Roy Thistlethwaite and Sam Pickles used to go to the Sefton WM Club on Cotton Tree Lane in Colne from Nelson every Friday night. The club was like something from "Phoenix Nights" with a couple of turns, "exotic dancers", cheap ale and an old bloke on the door who had no problems letting us in. We were sixteen.
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There's nothing like kissing the shuttle!
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Some warped responses on here.
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Jesus weft!
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The Sefton WM club was on Knotts Lane Colne
Cotton Tree Lane is about 2 miles away at the other end of town
Cotton Tree Lane is about 2 miles away at the other end of town
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This thread is hanging by one.
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Love an old MILF I must say
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professsorpiehead wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:49 amThe Sefton WM club was on Knotts Lane Colne
Cotton Tree Lane is about 2 miles away at the other end of town
You're right., Prof. Mind you, it was er, quite a while ago.....
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Where did it come from where did it go ? Where did it come from cotton thread no.
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Who remembers The Billy Cotton Band Show?
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No remoaners here blaming Brexit for the demise of the Cotton Industry then?
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Anthony Cotton is on Coronation Street
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this thread didn't have me in stitches, almost enough to give you the needle.
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At least its not "pants" like a lot of threads on here Kate
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Wakey Wake....eeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy!
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They cannot harvest Cotton in March ...
Because its still Lint
I'll get mi coat
Because its still Lint
I'll get mi coat
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What about it? My industry. Not just a yarn it was. Whos the Card then?jackmiggins wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:32 pmIf I mention the Cotton industry, how many posts will it take to move this on to a completely different subject? Goodness there are some very strange creatures on this board
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Its all Eco now. Sustainability and Organic.
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I was surprised to learn, although I probably shouldn’t have been, that during the cotton famine which caused misery for Lancashire workers, it wasn’t just the short supply of cotton because of the American civil war that caused problems but the buying and hoarding of cotton by merchants here in Britain. Hoping to push the price up and profit from the crisis.
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Waley Wake aye
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This thread is just a wind up. Have you lot not cottoned on yet. You’re like a load of Rotherham fans: millers.
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That is actually interesting and i would love to hear a bit more about it because for many it is now in the distant pastSykoclaret wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:13 pmWorked in 3 mills for my whole 35+ years. Some achievement in a dying (not dyeing) industry.
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Well LS7, a potted history
1974-77 Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Plumbe St, Burnley
1977-89 Thomas Mason, Primet Mill, Colne
1989-2011 JH Birtwistle, Grande Rd Mill, Haslingden
All Cotton Weavers
Anybody else worked any of these?
1974-77 Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Plumbe St, Burnley
1977-89 Thomas Mason, Primet Mill, Colne
1989-2011 JH Birtwistle, Grande Rd Mill, Haslingden
All Cotton Weavers
Anybody else worked any of these?
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My Mum spent most of her working life working at JH Birtwistle in Haslingden absolutely ruined her hearing,but she enjoyed being a weaver.She worked there with the Haslingden CC bowler Rupert JackmanSykoclaret wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:05 pmWell LS7, a potted history
1974-77 Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Plumbe St, Burnley
1977-89 Thomas Mason, Primet Mill, Colne
1989-2011 JH Birtwistle, Grande Rd Mill, Haslingden
All Cotton Weavers
Anybody else worked any of these?
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Birtwistle's was the best mill I ever worked at. In 1990 it became part of the John Lewis Partnership and all the workers enjoyed great benefits.
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I did a four week stint at Ilex Mill in Rawtenstall..weft carrying I hated it went into the slipper trade better working conditions and superb wages.Sykoclaret wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:53 pmBirtwistle's was the best mill I ever worked at. In 1990 it became part of the John Lewis Partnership and all the workers enjoyed great benefits.
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Weft carrying not the nicest job but loom sweeper was worse
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Sydney Cotton, helped win the war with the development of the RAF's Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Cotton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Cotton