"Cotton Card Room Hand" - Refers to a room in a cotton mill where machines were installed that carder cotton fibres. Carding helps clean the cotton (removing dirt, bits of seeds and plant) and also starts to point the fibres in the same direction. This is necessary in order to spin cotton fibres into thread and then to weave the thread into cloth. A "Hand" refers to an assistant that helped maintain the machines and/or bring in more cotton. Hope thats of help, my source of information was from John Messner at the Museum Of Science And Industry (Manchester), he's the Curator there, his email address is: j.messner@msim.org.uk if you have any further queries on jobs from 1900's in Textile Industry. Good luck with your family search, keep in touch! (J.D.)
2006-07-09 08:57:05 · 5 answers · asked by J.D. 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
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2006-07-15 22:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-16 08:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy D. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-09 09:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by Delgado 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-09 09:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Suzita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-12-06 15:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋