tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post1041483067778694680..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Welcome to AshtonMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-75626251670623747652011-07-17T19:01:06.587+01:002011-07-17T19:01:06.587+01:00Does anyone know of a mill around here which produ...Does anyone know of a mill around here which produced wire gauze in the late 19th. century?<br />The works manager John Cassidy took out a patent with George Bolden of Dukinfield (his boss, the millowner ?) in 1877 for "improvements in shuttles for weaving wire gauze". Cassidy was from Wigan & was living on Whitelands Rd. on the 1881 census but "manager of a cotton mill".Sue Batesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-58940729681325822052008-09-03T00:06:00.000+01:002008-09-03T00:06:00.000+01:00Is this the mill that had a giant lift? Used for ...Is this the mill that had a giant lift? Used for aircraft wings during the war.<BR/><BR/>If it is, then I rode it in 1972!<BR/>The mill was being used to store stuff for Sterling Moulding Materials.<BR/>Sir Rudy Sternbergs Company.Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-58398333496466642342008-08-31T02:50:00.000+01:002008-08-31T02:50:00.000+01:00Im thinking the pointsman inn was on the corner of...Im thinking the pointsman inn was on the corner of clarence st stalybridge am I right , ,yes the old wellington mill my place of employment from 1950 until we were given our notice in 1963 when it closed .and for all the years I worked there ,there was never a morning I got up and said ,i don.t want to go today ,come hail rain or shine ,i loved working there ,never had a day off except when my parents died ,,thanks msartin for putting it on. I didnt think it as still standing ,spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898984538041391628noreply@blogger.com