Jack Brayshaw

Business premises of John E Moore located on part of the old Waterside (Union) Mill complex by the Dam.

Refurbished petrol station and new Sainsbury’s Local store.

Demolition of the mill, signs warn of “Danger No Parking”

Five women workers at a bank of auto winding machines.
It is not known if this was at Leafield or Manor Mills.

Mill workman with machinery on the right, there is a lot of material around the machinery and on the floor.

Two men are inspecting finished cloth before folding and parcelling up ready for despatch to customers.

The man is operating a winding balloon, a device for winding yarn onto the spindles at the correct tension.

Operatives are mule spinning, the spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton between 1775 – 1779.
It combined the…

Manor Mill was situated at the junction of Kirk Lane and Haworth Lane (formerly Manor Road), built in 1882 as a company mill.
In 1865…

Situated on Cemetery Road where the old slaughterhouse was, the building still belongs to the Gray family (farmers) and is now owned by the son.