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The Textile History of Whitby 1700-1914

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THE TEXTILE HISTORY OF WHITBY 1700-1914
A Lively Coastal Town between the North Sea and North York Moors

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Introduction

Acknowledgements

I. The Textile Development of Whitby

From the Anglo-Saxons to the Sixteenth Century
Whitby in the Century before 1700
Whitby 1700-1914
Different Social Classes – Different Conditions
The Selling of Textiles – from Market to Department Store
Whitby Museum 1823-1914 – Collections of Textile-Related Objects

II. Textile Occupations and Trades from 1700 to 1914

Textile Occupations and Trades from a Wider Perspective
Unusual Textile Occupations and Trades in Whitby
The Everyday Life of the Textile Workers
The Significant Apprenticeship Period

III. Advertising of Clothes and Textile Materials in the Whitby Gazette

Introduction
Clothes, Fabrics and Textiles for Interior Decoration
Advertisers Looking for Labour
Competition from Larger Towns and Mail-Order
Washing Products – the Dyeing of Cloth – Steam Laundry, etc.
The Sewing Machine as a Revolutionary Invention
Other Textile Matters and Events
Auctions
Fashion Reporting

IV. Sailcloth Manufacturing and Sailmaking

Raw Material – Flax and Hemp
Flaxdressing and Spinning
Sail-weaving, Weavers and Sailcloth Manufacturers
Sailmaking and Sailmakers
Textile Observations on board Whitby Ships

V. Clothes – Fashion – Shopping – Collections

Dressmakers, Seamstresses, Needle Women & Milliners
Tailors, Drapers, Mercers, Outfitters & Clothiers
Other Occupations Relating to Clothes
The Costume Collection in Whitby Museum
- Dresses, Skirts and Bodices – 1820s to 1914
- Underwear, Nightgowns and Swimming Costumes
- Accessories
- Dressmaking and Related Materials from Different Centuries
- Wedding and Christening Gowns
- Dressed in Black – Mourning and Fashion

VI. Knitting and the Local Ganseys

Ganseys in Whitby
Documentation of the Photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Ganseys and other Photographs Depicting the garment in Whitby Museum
Fishermen’s Ganseys and other Knitted Garments Depicted in Works of Art
Other Knitted Garments
Yarn, Knitting-needles and Knitting Sheaths
The Census – Knitting as an Occupation

VII. Dyeing, Washing and Mangling

Textile Dyers in Whitby
The Conditions for Textile Dyeing
The Importance of Alum
Colour Study of Clothes in the Whitby Museum Collection
Laundry and the Everyday Life of Washerwomen and Laundresses
Census – Special Study – Laundry Occupations 1841-1911
Drying and Bleaching the Laundry
Mangling, Ironing, Storing and Preserving

VIII. Samplers and other Embroideries

Embroiderers
Selling of Equipment for Embroidery
Samplers
Other Embroideries

IX. Textile Recycling and Economy

Rags, Rag Collectors and the Rag Trade
Carpets and Rag rugs
Quilts – Patch Work – Patching and Mending of Clothes

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Appendixes

I. Parish Church Registers – Textile Occupations 1676-1837
II. Census – Textile Occupations 1841-1911
III. Advertisements – the Whitby Gazette 1855-1914

Notes

Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Index

Colophon

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