Today myself and flatmates used some of our free time to look around the Museum of Science and Industry- I've never been a massive fan of museums, however to my surprise, my flatmate explained that there was a section all about the cotton industry and industrial textiles in Manchester, and that that day there was going to be a presentation on the manufacturing of the cottons.
I was able to find out more about the different fibres and fabrics used at the time of the industrial textiles' movement in Manchester. As well as this, we were able to see ( and hear) the machines that were used in the warehouses, going through the process of the of collection cotton plants, making them into yarns, and the overall use of the hanks.
This was no doubt inspiring, seeing as I have spent the past few weeks learning all of the modern processes that we now use to create weaves, hanks and the dying process, and how machinery has adapted for the benefit of the workers over the past centuries.
