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Ropemaking Wheel
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Wheel used for making rope, Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire). The wheel is over 300 years old. It is attached to a post fixed into the earth, and consists of three hooks on cog wheels turned by a l...
Ropemaking: The Big Top
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Ropemaker Herbert Marrison demonstrating the use of a tap, or big top (so called because of its shape) at Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire. The device is inserted in the cart (pictured in LAVC/PHO/S...
Ropemaking: The Small Top
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Ropemaker Herbert Marrison holding a tap, or small top used in making smaller ropes (such as for washing lines) at Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire. The device is used in connection with a sledge, a...
Ropemaking: The Scratch Card
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Ropemaker Herbert Marrison using a device known as the scratch card to remove rough pieces of rope, at Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire).
Ropemaking: The Dog
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Device used in ropemaking known by Herbert Marrison as the dog; Peak Cavern, Castleton (Derbyshire).
Ropemaking: Noosing Horn
McNay, Ian
September 1965
Ropemaker Herbert Marrison holding the noosing horn, used to make his Marrison loop. The loop is the trademark of all the Marrison ropemakers, and this method of finishing is a family secret. See also...
Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
McNay, Ian
1966
Rope bolls of various shapes and sizes for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The bolls...
Rope Bolls for Canal Boats
McNay, Ian
1966
Rope bolls for use on canal boats, at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). These are solid bolls made of cotton ...
Ropework Items for Canal Boats
McNay, Ian
1966
Ropework items used on canal boats, exhibited at the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). To the right are monkey's ...
Hay Harvest
McNay, Ian
1966
Farm worker harvesting hay using a combine harvester, in a field on the Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales).
Hay Ropemaking: Equipment
McNay, Ian
1966
Tools used for making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The tools consist of two hard wooden handles, one of which turns freely (to twist the rope), and a groove over which the the hay is faste...
Hay Ropemaking
McNay, Ian
1966
Two men (both standing) making hay rope, Lleyn Peninsula (North Wales). The men are using hand-held wooden devices, as pictured in LAVC/PHO/S607. Hay is wrapped around the groove on the tool, and the ...