Title

Two women weaving, 1966-1974

Caption

Two women weaving, 1966-1974. Two women passing warp threads through healds (heddles) in preparation for weaving. The location of this site is unidentified, but it is probably in Lancashire or Yorkshire, possibly in or around Cowling (North Yorkshire), an area that specialized in weaving high class rayon fabrics.

Date

1966

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B42_154

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

73,2Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,8cm x 42,8cm / 5057 x 5060 (300dpi)

Keywords

north building buildings England female women woman people work employment job teamwork industry manufacturing worker country trade occupation British English weaving Yorkshire county weaver industrial factory northern direction location century lancashire Britain profession thread lady concept B&W MONOCHROME seventies textile industry Sixties 1970s black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century textile mill workers English Heritage textile worker textiles worker working photograph Eileen Deste Deste Eileen Deste Eilenn photograph