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Workers in Knitting Factory at Newlyn
Sewing room of Knitting Factory. There was a knitting factory at Orchard Place, The Fradgan which burnt down in 1956/57. First woman on left facing camera possibly Phylis Lodey, known as Nanette.
Newlyn Archive offers the following information…
Newlyn Archive offers the following information…
Three in one photo concerning Crysede Silk, St. Ives . 1930
Workmen printing silk with blocks, Cicely of Penzance wearing Silk Creation & Factory Sign
Engraved Card advertising H Molyneaux Draper
H Molyneaux Wholesale & Retail Linen & Woollen Silk Millinery 'an experienced Tailor from London kept on Premises'
Alec Walker designer for the silk firm Crysede
Seen holding a piece of material possibly his own design
Grandmother repairing trousers with boy insitu
A photo of a c. 1900 postcard (Running Repairs!) depicting an old woman repairing a boy's trousers. The work basket is lodged in the boy's wheelbarrow while granny goes into action on his trousers. Note the label torn from the end of the cotton reel…