Comments on: The Principal Operations Of Weaving https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:48:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198256 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:48:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198256 Probably the best location to see processes like this still in action is Quarrybank Mill at Styal (next door to Manchester Airport). It is a complete complex of water-powered mill (huge wheel!) which drives the spinning frames and the power looms. The village built for the workers (Styal) and the Greig Family house (the mill-owning family) are also preserved. It’s all National Trust now.

Also the Weavers’ Triangle at Burnley. Take your ear defenders – the noise of the looms is quite astonishing.

There are also various museums which have working hand looms as would have been present in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green. Golcar near Huddersfield comes to mind.

I live in that area these days but I spare a thought for my silk-weaving ancestors when I see the back-breaking work involved!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198215 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:49:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198215 Greetings from Boston,

GA, what an interesting collection of intricate machinery. It would make us more appreciative of those lovely tapestries we see in museums and grand houses.

Vicky, thanks for mentioning the BBC’s 1984 production of SILAS MARNER with Ben Kingsely. It’s a great take that I would highly recommend.

]]> By: Marianne isaacs https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198212 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:04:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198212 I just watched a u tube video interviewing Dennis and talking about 18 folgate stree as well as interviewing Dan Cruikshank who helped save Spitalsfield . I searched under Dan Cruickshank . It was a great documentary . I recommend it .

]]> By: Vicky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198186 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 08:42:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198186 In 1984 the BBC produced Silas Marner, set in the early years of the nineteenth century, with the opening scene showing Ben Kingsley weaving in his cottage. The loom was an accurate working copy of one in the Science Museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNrRrYNYiWE

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198179 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:20:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198179 That’s fascinating

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/03/08/the-principal-operations-of-weaving/#comment-1198164 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 01:50:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=164499#comment-1198164 I used to believe that the processes involved in cotton mills (I had a succession of holiday jobs therein during my university years) were complex and onerous! What did I know?!

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