Handloom Weaving
Posted: 05 Apr 2016, 09:22
Article in the Northern Whig 24/04/1834
"EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN HANDLOOM MANUFACTURE
'In Barnoldswick a weaver named Pickles, determined for a feat to ascertain how many pieces of 9-8 70s he could weave on the dandy loom, in the course of a week.
On the Monday morning he..commenced his task and when he quitted work on the Saturday night he had completed 30 cuts, each 24 1/2 yards long and about 31 inches wide. He worked, including meal times, 17 hours a day...and ...calculated that in the course of his performance, his shuttle travelled 800 miles. The length of the weft he actually wove, was about 433 1/4 miles. The price paid is 1 shilling a cut, making his net earnings 30 shillings."
Well who'd a thowt it!
"EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN HANDLOOM MANUFACTURE
'In Barnoldswick a weaver named Pickles, determined for a feat to ascertain how many pieces of 9-8 70s he could weave on the dandy loom, in the course of a week.
On the Monday morning he..commenced his task and when he quitted work on the Saturday night he had completed 30 cuts, each 24 1/2 yards long and about 31 inches wide. He worked, including meal times, 17 hours a day...and ...calculated that in the course of his performance, his shuttle travelled 800 miles. The length of the weft he actually wove, was about 433 1/4 miles. The price paid is 1 shilling a cut, making his net earnings 30 shillings."
Well who'd a thowt it!