Following Ralph Watson
Follow this link to my guest blog for the North Yorkshire County Records Office, April 2021.
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March 2021: From Thomas Jackson to Ralph Watson
I went looking for Thomas Jackson and found Ralph Watson. Back in the early days of coronavirus lockdown, stuck at home and spending too much time browsing the internet, I came across a beautiful collection of linen cloths on the Cooper Hewitt Museum’s website. The rather enigmatic caption under the forty-one photographs read: Woven … Continue reading March 2021: From Thomas Jackson to Ralph Watson
February 2021: Machines in Disguise
I recently bought a second-hand copy of ‘Mechanics for Textile Students’ by W.A. Hanton (1954). When it arrived through the letterbox I found some of the pages stamped by a previous owner: HOWARD & BULLOUGH SCHOOL – ACCRINGTON. Accrington is a small town in north-east Lancashire midway between Blackburn and Burnley. It gives its … Continue reading February 2021: Machines in Disguise