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Early Textile Manufacturing Processes

Synopsis
3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form continuous lengths that could be wound onto a bobbin. Although the machine has now ceased to operate the film shows how it worked and explains the piecing operation.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 17, 17, 5 min.
Year of production
1979-80
Availability
Out of Distribution; 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Uses
Courses in industrial archaeology, textiles and conservation.*
Subjects
Archaeology
Keywords
industrial archaeology; Scotland; steam power; textile industries; weaving

Credits

Director
Gordon Thomson
Writer
John Hume
Cast
John Hume 

Sections

Title
Beetling at Avonbank
Synopsis
1: The last beetling machines to operate in this country were filmed at Avonbank in Lanarkshire, a week before the operation stopped in May 1980. In the past cloth was beetled to produce the texture and stiffness required for window roller blinds. The fil

Title
Steam powered weaving mill
Synopsis
2: Glenruthven Mill in Auchterarder, Perthshire, was the last steam-operated mill in Scotland - not only the last weaving factory, but the last Scottish factory of any kind to be driven by steam. The film was shot in the summer of 1980, before the two-cyl

Title
Wool piecing machine
Synopsis
3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine's function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form continuous lengths that could be wound onto a bobbin. Al

Production Company

Name

University of Strathclyde Audio Visual Media Services

Sponsor

Name

University of Strathclyde, Department of History

Distributor

Name

Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council

Email
services@bufvc.ac.uk
Web
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Phone
020 3743 2345
Address
York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
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Notes
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Name

University of Strathclyde Audio Visual Media Services

Web
http://www.avms.strath.ac.uk/AVMS External site opens in new window
Phone
0141-548 2567
Fax
0141-552 5182
Address
Alexander Turnbull Building
155 George Street
Glasgow
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