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John Holdsworth & Co Ltd - Photographs 1999
 

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Photographs 1999

Includes Ministerial visit to John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, by Alan Milburn, MP,
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, together with Mrs Alice Mahon, MP, to unveil
a plaque to mark completion of Phase V of the extended weaving facility.
Minister visit to John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 8 Feb 1999
Minister's visit visit to John Holdsworth & Co Ltd

Ingrid Holdsworth, J Michael Holdsworth
Alan Milburn MP, Didy Holdsworth
Trevor Marsden, Mrs Alice Mahon MP
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 8 Feb 1999
Minister visit to John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 8 Feb 1999
Minister's visit visit to John Holdsworth & Co Ltd

J Michael Holdsworth, Mrs Alice Mahon MP
and Mr Milburn at John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 8 Feb 1999

See Press Article
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1999
Shaw Lodge Mills

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1999
Inside Weaving Shed, Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1999
Inside Weaving Shed

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, 1999
Barcoding - Tracking material through process operations
Barcoding, Radio Frequency Data Collection (RFDC)
Tracking material through process operations

Peter Rosier, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Beam Creel, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Multiple threads running from the long creel

into the beam winding machine
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Colour Matching, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd
Colour Matching the Yarn under various
lighting conditions in the Laboratory

Joan Naylor, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Loom Creels, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Loom Creels filled with bobbins of yarn
viewed from the balcony of the weaving office

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Flammability Testing, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Flammability Testing of the textile material
checking fire retardancy and toxic emissions

Jonathan Hey, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Automatic Weaving Operations, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Automatic Weaving Operations
on a newly installed Van-de-Wiele Loom

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Wire-Loom Velvet Weaving
On Metex Moquette wire looms

Sid Carpenter, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
The Mill Yard, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
The Mill Yard viewed from the 7th floor

Wagons unloading dyed cotton and wool yarn
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
The Main Office, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
The Main Office
viewed from the 7th floor

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Final Inspection, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Final Inspection of Fabric
in the Finished Goods Quality Control Section

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Finishing, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Velvet Fabric being processed in Finishing Line
to give the Moquette its unique texture

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
Winding Wool Yarn, John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
Winding Wool Yarn from Cone
on Gilbos automatic bobbin winders

John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax
September 1999
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd, 1999
In the Contract Department
David Sykes, Paul Royle, Lee Prior, John Vessey,
Dennis Chatterley, Simon Steward, Michael Mullins
John Holdsworth & Co Ltd,
Shaw Lodge Mills, Halifax, ca. 1999.
(Photo courtesy Matt Parker)

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