Ok Stafford here goes,
>1. 'Raistrick was an enginer [sic] not a trained historian.'
>
>Was he also Reader in Applied Geology (Civil and Mining Engineering) at
>King's College/The University of
>Newcastle?
Quite correct, but still not a historian.
>Is it conceivable that Raistrick helped Jennings with his MA, maybe even
>supervised it?
Jennings Thesis was written at Leeds University I think Raistrick may have
been at Newcastle or Durham then, but i stand to be corrected.
>
>3. ' Martin Roe (Quite capable of progressing my carear [sic] without a
>hand
>up from Arthur Raistrick)'
>
>Putting on one side the despicable and arrogant attitude here displayed,
I was expressing my personal opinion based on 20 years experience of
Raistrick's books.
>can it be shown that Martin (who is perhaps a trained historian and, one
>hopes, a trained human being)
My website contain a brief biography page for all to see, make you own mind
up.
>4. And here is one from Martin's web pages:
>
>'The textile industry was probably the first to be industrialised >etc
As you will have noticed I do provide an email link on my websites for
people who want to make comments on the content. If I have any information
questioned I do correct it if it is proved to be wrong or misleading. But as
you have questioned the content in a public forum here is my reply.
It depends how you want to qualify the term industrialise. In terms of the
Halifax area there is no question that the textile trades were the first to
move from a domestic setting to purpose built sites in order to facilitate
mass production. I have been meaning to re write this section for some time
and perhaps your comments indicate that I need to be more specific about the
context of my statement. The key qualifying word though is “Probably”.
Did any domestic hand weaving continue beyond the mid 19th century?
The evidence in West Yorkshire is that handloom weaving had been
marginalized by 1850 and this is the cut off date for the construction of
the so called “weaver cottages” (see Giles and Goodall’s Yorkshire Textile
Mills). Yes it did continue on a very small scale for specialised cloth
production, which is what you would have discovered if you had gone on to
the weaving page. Handloom weaving survived much longer in other part of the
country for example the frame knitters of the East Midlands and the Coventry
ribbon industry. So again as this is a site on the Halifax area my comments
mainly refer to a Halifax context.
Did the fulling of cloth leave its domestic setting before the spinning of
fibres?
Was it ever a domestic activity?
I hope that goes some way towards answering you questions.
It was a bit petty pointing out all my spelling errors when there were at
least three in your email.
Martin Roe
NAMHO Conference 2001-MINING HISTORY and BEYOND
http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk/nmrs/namho.htm
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk
The Industrial Archaeology of Halifax
http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk/halifax.htm
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