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SOME of the Christmas celebrations by people working in district mills of yesteryear have been recalled by a Bradford photographer. Ian Beesley has shared his collection of festive images of people from mills, across the Bradford district from the 1970s and 80s. He would visit these workplaces around Christmas time that he would regularly capture the rest of the year, to see them in all of their festive glory.
Festive high jinx captured by Ian Beesley The images include Yuletide scenes at tinsel-clad Salts Mill in Saltaire and Drummond Mill in Lumb Lane in Manningham. He has also included a couple of festive shots of workers at the Tetley s factory in Leeds.
SOME of the weird and wonderful job titles of yesteryear have been recalled by a Bradford photographer. Ian Beesley has shared his collection of images of people carrying out jobs from a bygone age, from sites including mills, across the Bradford district from the 1970s and 80s.
A Bobbin Doffer How many of the following jobs, which were carried out in decades gone by do you recognise by their title alone? They are: carders, casters combers, fettlers, doffers, liggers, tatlers, fitters, burlers, menders, sorters, weavers, spinners, porers, corers, patternmakers, stampers, mulespinners, winders, dyers, bleachers, scourers, warpers, plate layers, roadrunners, capsteamers, tip stretchers, hood turners, fitters, balers, packers and quenchers.