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Eckersleys Mill
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Cotton spinning.
Photo: Keith Beckett
Photo: Keith Beckett
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Item #: 34652
Item #: 34652
A lady cotton spinning in a Wigan factory in 1955.
Comment by: Irene Roberts on 2nd October 2023 at 09:05
What a fabulous photo! Thankyou. My Auntie worked there and used to come home with cotton stuck to her hair and clothes. She used to bring home "banding", which was a kind of tubular string, for us children to make whips for our top-and-whip games.
Comment by: Keith Beckett on 2nd October 2023 at 09:59
A lady has commented on Facebook that the photo is of her mother, Maureen Moxham.
Comment by: John Brown on 2nd October 2023 at 11:46
I'd forgotten all about banding !!
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