Stanley Mill Regulations 1852 – Doctor Andrew Thomson
These are extracts from a book discovered in the Mill in 1979 and as told to the local paper by the assistant works manager at the time the late Jim Shaw. (Thanks to Doctor Andrew Thomson for giving me access to this.
Stanley Mill 1964 – Fiona McConnell
I left Perth Academy in 1964 (in Stanley terms I was an Academy Ashbucket – i.e. working class but managed to pass the eleven plus) and saw an advert in the paper for a Junior Shorthand Typist/Secretary at Stanley Mills. I got the job and living in Store Street it was great as I could […]
Stanley Mill 1953-1959 – Jim Harvey
Stanley was the furthest north cotton mill in Scotland and was brought into use around 1787. The manufacture of cotton thread is a long process and requires a great number of different machines to provide an end product. Taking into account the number of departments and the machinery involved there was a requirement for a […]
A Spooky Story – Thomas Cunningham
I can remember on quite a few occasions being taken by surprise and on one particular occasion by absolute bloody fright! The first, we (myself, Paul Coleman, Dave Cowan and the one and only Lee Mcgillvray and a few others who’s names escape me for the moment!) Were walking through towards ‘The white bridge’ along […]