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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Both my parents and my uncle worked at Threebrooks Mill.
(dad - tackler, mum - weaver, uncle in the office)
I used to go in after junior school, and help my mum weaving by doing some loading of spools into shuttles.
The health and safety issues of doing that didn't seem to bother anybody.
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I used to go into the mills regularly when mum worked at Queen's Mill as a weaver and dad at Peel Mill as a cloth-looker. They didn't seem to mind you visiting at all ... in fact, was always a lovely greeting from all the other workers. Mum didn't let me near her looms though.
Years later, went to work for Hilden/Enfield ... on the sales side, but during induction got to have a go on their training loom. Remember, the trainer was well pleased with me because I got the rhythm correct first time when you had to stop the loom.. summat like 1,2,3 then push leaver to stop.
