Category: England, Twine Spinners
Categories: Twine Spinners | England, Occupations
This category contains profiles for individuals who worked in this occupation in England.
- A twine spinner could be working with a single strand of cord or a bunch which was spun in the same direction. Altenatively they created compound plys by twisting several strands or a bunch individually and then spinning those together in opposite directions to one another.
- The resulting twine was bound around the end of ropes to prevent fraying or unravelling
- The twine might also have been used to make nets.
See:
- Sutton, Mark (2014). "Analysis of Perishables". Archaeological Laboratory Methods: An Introduction (6th ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt. p. 352. ISBN 978-1465243799.
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Person Profiles (4)
Andrew Crisp
14 Dec 1812 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - bef 08 Jan 1896
John Crisp
04 Sep 1788 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England - bef 24 Jan 1857
John Teasdell
abt 1787 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - bef 31 Mar 1871
Thomas Winrow
06 Feb 1822 Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 1889
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