[Jim Procter]

My Mum and Dad worked at Church Bank Mill in the 1930s and during the war.She was a weaver, four looms,and Dad was a tackler. I used to go in the mill from Church Kirk School for my dinner.My Mum used to take the meal prepared the night before in a wicker shopping basket.There was a big steam oven where the workers could warm up their meals.Mum would put a cloth on top of the loom and I would sit on it. My little brother would sit on the loom opposite.Dad had built a table between the looms. Mum and Dad sat on stools between the looms.Used to help Mum filling the shuttles.