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manufacturing industries16
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fishing9
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Hawley, Elizabeth K14
Penny, E John2
Hobbis, Fred1

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Sound Recording, Birmingham

Penny, E John

8 June 1963

Fred Hobbis, recorded in Northfield, talks about Northfield nailmakers (nailers); collection and delivery of nails; nailers' working hours; nail-making process and types of nail made; nail-making equi...

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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of barbed wire placed against the mould of a bending machine, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Bending Machine
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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of barbed wire being bent against the mould of a bending machine, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands

Penny, E John

1964

A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...

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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View from above of a bending machine, used for shaping fish hooks, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Bending Machine
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Bending Machine

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Side view of a bending machine, used for shaping fish hooks, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Barrelling (Fishhooks)
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Barrelling (Fishhooks)

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Fishhooks being barrelled as part of the scouring process, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Japanning Equipment

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Japanning equipment, used in the process of finishing fishhooks, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Fishhooks
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Fishhooks

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

View of equipment and machinery, and a pile of fish hooks awaiting counting down, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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Pointing Stone

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

19th century pointing stone (probably for sharpening needles), used in a rockery in a garden at Redditch (Worcestershire).

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Pointing Stone

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

Fragments of a 19th century pointing stone (probably for sharpening needles), used in a rockery in a garden at Redditch (Worcestershire).

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Fishhooks and Counting Equipment

Hawley, Elizabeth K

[1961-1962]

A pile of fishhooks and equipment that will be used to count them down, at the Forge Mill in Redditch (Worcestershire). The Mill is now in use as the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

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