BALER
someone who carried the bailed wool or cotton goods in a mill

BOBBIN CARRIER
worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills

BOBBIN TURNER
made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving industry

BOWKER
bleached yarn and a local term in some parts of Lancashire for a butcher

CALICO PRINTER
dyed and coloured calico

CARDROOMER
term for anyone who worked in the carding room of the mills

CARDMAKER
maker of cards or instruments for combing wool

CLOTH LAPPER
took the cloth from the carding machine readied it for the next process

CLOTH LINTER / CLOTH PICKER
removed unwanted threads & lint from the finished material

DEXTER
dyer

DOUBLER
operated a machine used to twist together strands of fibre (cotton, wool etc)

DRAWBOY
weavers assistant in the shawl making mills

DYER
employed in the textile mills to colour fabric prior to weaving

FETTLER
cleaned the machinery in woollen mills, sharpened the fustian cutters knives or needle maker who filed the needle to a point

FILLER
who filled bobbins in mills

FINE DRAWER
employed in tailoring to repair tears in the cloth (invisible mending)

FIREBEATER
tended the boilers that powered the machinery in a cotton mill

FIRST HAND
silk weaver who had his own loom (an outworker)

FRAME SPINNER
worker on a loom

FRAMEWORKER KNITTER
operator of machine which made hosiery

HECK MAKER
maker of a part of a spinning machine by which the yarn is guided to the reels

HOTPRESSER
worker in paper or textile industries where product was pressed between glazed boards and hot metal plates to obtain a smooth and shiny surface

LACE-DRAWER
child employed in lace work, drawing out threads

LACE-RUNNER
young worker who embroidered patterns on lace

LOTTER
one who bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale

MULE MINDER
minded the spinning mules in the cotton mills

ORRICE WEAVER
designer of lace patterns to be woven with silk thread and silk

OUTWORKER
worker who carried on their occupation at home

OVERLOOKER
superintendent or overseer, especially in the textile mills

PACK THREAD SPINNER
operator of the machine which made thread or twine

PICKER
one who cast the shuttle on a loom

PIECENER / PIECER
worker in a spinning mill to piece together any threads which broke

POWER LOOM TUNER
one who maintained the loom in mills

QUILLER
one who operated a machine that wound yarn onto spools

REELER
operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin

SAY WEAVER
one who made Say, material used for table cloths or bedding

SCRIBBLER
employed in a scibbling mill where the wool was roughly carded before spinning

SHUTTLE MAKER
made the shuttles for the weaving mills

SILK THROWER
worker in the silk industry

SILKER
sewed the ends of the fabric to prevent the layers from separating

SILK DRESSER
prepared the silk for weaving

SILK TWISTER
silk spinner

SLUBBER DOFFE
removed the bobbins from the spindles in the mills

STOCKINGER
knitter, weaver, or dealer in stockings

STRIPPER
employed in the woollen trade to remove the rubbish from the carding machines

TEASER
one who opens up matted wool for carding

THROWSTER
one in the textile trade who twisted the strands of fibre together into yarn

TWISTER / TWISTERER
one who operated the machine used for twisting yarns and threads together

TWIST HAND
one who operated a lace machine

WALKER / WAULKMILLER
cloth worker

WHITENER / WHITESTER / WHITSTER
one who bleached cloth

WINDSTER
silk winder

WOOL DRIVER
one who brought the wool to market

WOOLEN BILLY PIECER
worked in the woollen mills to piece together the broken yarns