ow lip reading employed by workers in weaving sheds in Lancashire in the 19th and 20th centuries
Jim Pollard’s drawing hook — older than his marriage
Stanley Graham, engineer, “blowing off” and “blowing down” the Lancashire boiler (emptying it) ready for fluing
Only the feet of the engineer Stanley Graham can be seen as he works on the fire bars in the Lancashire boiler
A loom sweeper at Bancroft Shed
A member of the Weldone gang from Brierfield taking off his rags
The engine house with Stanley Graham, mill engineer
An insurance company boiler inspector on top of one of the furnace tubes inside the Lancashire boiler
Charlie Sutton, boss of the Weldone fluing gang from Brierfield, taking a break
[Photos © Daniel Meadows]
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