 Posted - 13/06/2011 : 08:11
LICENSED LOOMS IN BARLICK WW2 In the 1930s the government, as part of the measures to correct problems in the textile industry, formed a statutory body called The Cotton Control Board. One of the board's strategies was to make a census of all looms in use and during WW2 brought in a licensing scheme whereby they could control the number of looms operating and where they were situated. This meant that some mills were forced to go out of production and many redundant looms were stored all over the town in the expectation that the end of the war would bring a revival in the trade. Like many of these initiatives, we know they existed but have very little reliable local evidence. Luckily, when Bancroft was being demolished I managed to save some papers from the office and one of these was a little gem, the pre-war census figures for looms in the town and a list made by year of those running during the war. It would be too complicated to give the complete figures but here are enough of them to give an idea of how the manufacturers fared under licensing which came into effect after April 1941. NUMBER OF LOOMS OPERATING FIRM March 1940 Nov. 1941 Oct 1947 S Pickles and Son 432 nil nil Craven Man. Co Ltd 1260 nil nil Butts Man. Co Ltd 420 nil nil New Road Man. Co Ltd 432 nil nil S Pickles and Sons Ltd nil 1680 1722 B&EM Holden Ltd 432 282 240 M Horsfield and Sons Ltd 414 151 163 Cairns and Lang Ltd 635 524 335 Robinson Brooks Ltd 987 731 730 James Nutter Ltd 1183 1152 945 Horsfield (Bankfield) Ltd 321 120 109 Proctor & Co (Barlick) Ltd 420 250 250 WE&D Nutter Ltd 1125 nil nil John Widdup & Sons Ltd 1116 700 650 Alderton Bros Ltd 432 293 293 T S Edmondson 432 nil nil Nutter Bros Ltd 1192 406 325 James Slater Ltd 638 nil 302 H Ellison Ltd 50 88 99 Ellerbank Man Co Ltd 118 110 110 Manock Gill and Co Ltd 660 520 550 Edmondson (Fernbank1936) Ltd 660 520 550
Totals. 13359 7529 7373 In November 1941 the licence fee per loom per annum was 1/3. From February 1942 until the end of licensing in 1947 it was 1/6 per loom per annum.
LIST OF WORKERS AT BANCROFT SHED ON DECEMBER 5TH 1941 [This was a census return ordered by the Cotton Control Board} Name address occupation age W E Nutter The Knoll Man. Director 59 F W Mattocks Gisburn Road Salesman Vernon Nutter 25 Park Road Manager 42 W Bracewell 44 Lower Rook St Clerk 17 Fred Midgley 1 Calf Hall Rd Engineer Harry Brown 2 Mosley St Fireman 27 W W Wilson 12 Rainhall Rd Motor driver R Sharples 28 Park Ave Cloth looker 37 J T Isherwood 18 Back Park St Cloth looker 41 George Nutter 61 Park Rd Cloth looker 61 Jn. Greenhalgh 12 Skipton Rd Cloth looker Walter Naylor 3 Robert St Cloth looker 33 Thomas Roper 12 Frank Street Warehouseman 54 Harold Parker 12 North Parade Warehouseman 46 Cyrus Eccleston 45 Wellington St Night watchman Fred Naylor 3 Robert St Night watchman 58 John Burrell 42 Rosemont Ave Tape labourer 30 Joe Calverly Taylor Avenue Taper Rennie Shepherd 28 Victoria Rd Taper 50 W K Whiteoak 146 Gisburn Rd Machine operator 30 Wm Eccleston 15 Beech Grove Machine operator 55 Robert Walker 16 Cavendish St Loomer 46 D Brennand 10 Taylor St Loomer 67 Lawrence Kieron 4 Hollins Rd Loomer charge hand 39 Wm Tomlinson 48 Manchester Rd Head overlooker 38 J Carr 24 Beech Street overlooker L Steele 2 Essie Terrace Overlooker Les Beaumont 26 Cobden St Overlooker 51 Richard Lord 17 Sackville St Overlooker 46 Edward Burke 9 Powell St Overlooker 49 Eddie Green 53 Harrison St Overlooker George Stretch 11 Alice St Weaver 51 Alfred Geldard 7 Bethel St Weaver 57 Sam Ottie 35 York St Weaver 62 Bracewell Stanley 15 James St Weaver 61 Cyril Brown 5 Pleasant View Weaver 38 Clifford Hartley 33 Gisburn St Weaver 41 J W Wellock 23 Bruce St Weaver 63 Arthur Stockdale 6 Park Road Weaver 48 Edward Pickup 8 Essie Terrace Weaver 44 Rennie Brown 34 Park Avenue Weaver Tom Harrison 37 Lower East Ave Weaver 40 Holbury Metcalfe 19 Clarence St Weaver 62 Sam Wiseman 9 Montrose Terrace Weaver 42 Fred Pearson 27 Beech St Weaver 42 Wm Coppinge 58 M/c Road Weaver 51 Thos Lawson 62 Uppr York St Weaver 41 Clarence Downs 50 Park St Weaver 54 Robert Beckett 6 Gillians Weaver 39 Joe Croasdale 2 Lane Bottoms Weaver 62 Fred Brown Willow Bank M/c Rd Weaver 36 Herbert Brown 4 Rook Street Weaver 52 Alan Preston 8 Cavendish St Weaver 32 Wilfred Preston 19 Earl St Weaver 38 Luther Duxbury 11 Park Street Weaver 45 Craven Waddington 21 Park Rd Weaver 48 Edward Fishwick 74 York St Weaver 53 John Tattersall 47 Park Rd Weaver 50 Harry Cawdrey 10 Cavendish St Weaver 49 Thos Horrocks 13 Colne Rd Weaver 62 J W Dent 17 Turner St Weaver 36 Sid Myers 21 East Hill St Weaver 30 Wm Shuttleworth 4 Rook Street Weaver 54 Jn C Taylor 7 Clifford Street Weaver 58 Walter Smalley Lynfield Tubber Hill Weaver 61 Fred Exley Lynfield Tubber Hill Weaver 49 Rennie Geldard 18 Butts Weaver 44 Harry Moody 55 Lower Park St Weaver 48 Alfred Thomas 5 Lane Bottom Weaver 41 Joe Bentley 59 Cobden Street Weaver 50 Ron Tattersall 47 Park Rd Weaver 18 Les Wilson 19 Colne Road Weaver 16 Thomas Green 9 Town Head Weaver Chas Watson 71 Lower Rook St Weaver 70 Jim Unsworth 50 Esp Lane Weaver Henry Preston 8 Cavendish St Weaver 67 James Waygood 6a Hartley St Weaver 68 Thos Taylor 4 Park Street Weaver 65 John Wilson 17 James Street Weaver 66 H Edmondson 60 Skipton Road Weaver 69 Fred Barrett Standridge Farm Weaver 66 Jim Robinson 3 Ribblesdale Ter Weaver 68 Joe Brooksbank 23 Essex St Weaver 65 Wm. Metcalfe Burdock Hill Weaver 72 Rich. Pollard 3 Bank House Flats Weaver 69 K Harwood Twister 16 L Golding 40 Park Road Weaver 33 Henry Brown 28 Valley Road Weaver 54 James Monk 152 M/c Road Loomer Alice Stell 11 Sackville St Weaver 61 Mrs Schofield 4 Fountain Street Weaver J Hodgkinson 20 Bracewell St Beamer M Davy 42 Lower Rook St Winder M MacDonald 53 Esp Lane Weaver 60 Mary Horrocks 13 Colne Road Weaver 62 Rose Mason 69 Sunset View Weaver 64 Anne MacDonald Winder Ethel Hartley Weaver 41 Ivy Robinson Weaver 44 Margaret Stretch Weaver 50 Ellen Pate Weaver 19 Evelyn Conboy Winnie Bennett Weaver 29 Alice Hartley Weaver 42 Hilda Pickering Weaver Annie Metcalfe Weaver 35 Florrie Geldard Weaver 52 Jessie Pearson Weaver 39 Clarice Moore Weaver 38 Marion Chadwick Weaver 38 Nellie Duxbury Weaver Bessie Tomlinson Weaver 32 Mary Calverly Weaver 49 Eva Smith Weaver 31 Eliz. Boothman Weaver 36 Ellen Waddington Weaver 29 Ruby Swire Weaver Mary Sharples Weaver 30 Kath Kiernan Weaver Dorothy Cawdrey Weaver 48 Hilda Brown Weaver Gertrude Coppinge Weaver 49 Minnie Wiseman Weaver 55 Nellie Clarke Weaver Millie Broughton Weaver 29 Alice Sharples Weaver 50 Mary Ashley Weaver 54 Maud Chadwick Weaver 52 Violet Bailey Weaver 45 Edith Edmondson Weaver 43 Nellie Demaine Weaver 42 Doris Brennand Weaver 25 Mary Duckworth Weaver 46 Mabel Pearson Weaver 46 Mona Platt Weaver 30 Gladys Aldersley Weaver 24 Evelyn Ratcliffe Weaver 42 Mary Stockdale Weaver 49 Elsie Pearson Weaver 37 Chrissie Eccleston Weaver 21 Kate Lord Weaver 42 Anne Cope Weaver 49 May Robinson Weaver 53 Marion Turner Weaver 25 Louise Green Weaver 35 Phyllis Parkinson Weaver 31 Edith Brown Weaver 33 Eliza Mason Weaver 55 Chrissie Plumbley Weaver 43 Winnie Parkinson Weaver 26 Mabel Lodge Weaver 52 Ruth Hacking Weaver 41 Lilly Taylor Weaver 52 Jessie Smith Weaver 32 Eva Pateman Weaver 39 Gladys Newbould Weaver 50 Mary Dacre Weaver 50 Alice Cryer Weaver 39 Gwen Moore Weaver 40 Laura Demaine Weaver Emily Gorton Weaver 39 Polly Fishwick Weaver 53 Eliza Daly Weaver 45 Eliza Chatwood Weaver 28 Elsie Pickering Weaver 47 Doris Stockdale Weaver 40 Daisy Kenyon Weaver Jane Nutter Weaver 49 Hilda Bailey Weaver 33 Mary Monks Weaver 47 Ethel Holden Weaver 42 Elsie Mason Weaver 34 Annie Burke Weaver 47 Mary O’Neill Weaver 19 Nellie Moore Weaver Olive Moore Weaver 38 Anne Astin Weaver 39 Maud Reid Weaver 48 Gertrude Gleeson Weaver 42 Elsie Hargreaves Weaver 40 Jennie Waterworth Weaver 24 Winnie Bentley Weaver 46 Annie Exley Weaver 43 Edith Lawson Weaver 38 Emily Waterworth Weaver 35 Evelyn Lee Weaver 34 Eliz. Hayes Weaver Florence Crerar Weaver 54 Polly Hodson Weaver 33 Mary Downs Weaver 28 Annie Bell Weaver 37 Jane Craddock Weaver 32 Annie Stephens Weaver 24 Nora Titherington Weaver 21 Eva Nutter Weaver 31 Gladys Dobson Weaver 34 Sarah Edmondson Weaver 53 Mary Holt Weaver Alice Demaine Weaver 32 Sarah Bracewell Weaver 26 Muriel Daly Winder Lillian Whiteoak Winder Alice Martin Weaver 40 Elsie Windle Weaver 26 Dorothy Hesketh Winder Mrs Moss Winder L Palmer Winder H Clarke Winder May Brooks Weaver 40 Ethel Ashworth Weaver 51 Annie Green Weaver 40 Ivy Pickup Weaver 33 Olga Hartley Weaver 19 Ida Brennand Weaver 20 Joan Cope Weaver 19 Doris King Weaver 20 Jean Holmes Weaver 18 Hilda Green Weaver 18 Nora Heyes Weaver 19 Madge Edmondson Weaver 16 Olive Reid Weaver 16 Eliz. Demaine Weaver 17 Greta Holmes Weaver 15 Enid Holden Weaver 16 Nellie Hudson Weaver 24
Transcribed by Stanley Challenger Graham from the original return made by the management at Bancroft Shed. 225 workers in total, 1000 looms reported as licensed in February 1942.
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Registered looms and workers in Barlick 1941/47
