Items

• 2019.4.13: Burling Iron

  Burling Iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
• 2019.4.14: Burling Iron

  A burling iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
• 2019.6.1: Reed Brush

  Reed Brush with wooden handle.
• 2019.6.3: Wooden wall / table cloth measure

  Wooden wall / table cloth measure.
• 2019.7.1: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 2019.7.2: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook

  This copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.11: Handy Reckoner

  This copy of the 'Handy Reckoner' Contains 'Tables of Interest, Income and wages calculations. Percentage tables for profits and discount. Tables of Interest, comparative weights of materials. Tables to calculate wages based on hours worked. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.13: Notebook used for technical details

  Small paper notebook. Used to make notes regarding textile technical details. Probably copied from a published technical book. Aslo probably used as an aide-memoir diary for some of his work. References to: twists, pulley, cylinders, Knob Yarn, Loop Yarn, Spiral Yarn, Flake Yarn. Changing wheel dimensions etc.
• 2020.2.16: School exercise book for Textile department for 1912-1913 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1912-1913' 'Subject: 3rd Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Textile Fabrics, Mineral Fibres, Sketches of rollers, physical properties of wool and other materials, Sketches of machines to clean and wash wool. How different countries climates etc. produce different wools. The quality and use of wools. Sketch maps of the different sheep in different countries, and the different yarns from sheep. Trade terms and names, wool values. 'Gret details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production.'
• 2020.2.17: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1913-1914' 'Subject: 4th Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Woollen and Worsted Threads, Carding, Diagrams of spindles and cards in machines, Worsted carding engine details, How to prepare machines to put wool in, How to wash and clean machines, Types of combs to use in machines, Sketch drawings of different textile equipment. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
• 2020.2.18: School exercise book for Textile department 1914-15 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1914-1915' 'Subject: Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Drawing, afirst operation after Combing, Extensive notes and drawings of textile machines and parts, Details of production of fine mohair, alpaca and camel hair, and cashmire yarns. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
• 2022.17: Retrospect - J. Parkinson and Son

  Retrospect - J. Parkinson and Son by Ernest Parkinson - A history of the Shipley Engineering firm starting in 1893
• B1-032/3/1: Carding 1

  Small machine in left foreground together with carding engines in shed
• B1-032/3/10: Burling and mending

  Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground. The shed is decorated with bunting and decorations
• B1-032/3/11: Hank winding

  Photograph shows close ups of four workers standing among machines. There are 6 cupboards containing yarn. The cupboard in the foreground is piled with bobbins. There are four baskets to the right of the picture
• B1-032/3/12: Dyeing 1

  Photograph shows New Mill. Three men are holding a piece of cloth to the right of a wheeled truck. In the background workers stand in front of dyeing machinery. There are two piles of clothv in the foreground - the left is piled with white cloth, the right with darker cloth
• B1-032/3/13: Dyeing 2

  Male worker standing in the left foreground behind a table piled with two different types of coloured cloth. A piece of cloth is suspended over his head. A group of men are in the background
• B1-032/3/14: Finishing

  Photograph shows finishing machinery. On the left hand side a man stands behind a small machine with a group of four men behind him. To the right stands a man with his left arm behind his back
• B1-032/3/15: Finishing and washing

  Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth. There is another pile of white cloth to the left of the photograph. To the right is a truck containing coloured cloth with a step ladder behind it.