REVIVAL OF AXMINSTER CARPET TRADE.
A boom in the
carpet trade is giving impetus to the revival of the
industry at Axminster, and a factory completed only three months ago is to be extended immediately.
Photo shows - A "Creeler" working between his creels. His job is to watch the bobbings feeding the machines and see they do not run out. He has nearly 12,000 bobbins to watch.
Fox September 17th. 1937.