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Old 30-09-2009, 21:39   #44
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Re: Howard & Bullough

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
Did Bulloughs manufacture weaving looms ? . Or were they manufacturers of other types of textile equipment (spinning and winding stuff) only reason I ask is , I thought Northrop (Blackburn) were the main manufacturers of weaving looms (the 'original' Lancashire loom and later the 'automatics' ) .
When I was at Bulloughs in the 1950's a large proportion of the output was ring spinning frames.
Never saw or made any patterns for looms.

Lang Bridges was more into cloth printing, stentering and drying machines as well as heavy engineering.

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