Unusual Objects

Borders Textile Towerhouse has an intriguing display of artefacts and gadgets from the Borders textile industry, including personal mementoes of everyday life in the mills.

  • Stereometer – for checking workers’ eyesight for finicky jobs!
  • Stretcher – for shaping washed underwear for a perfect fit!
  • Clocking-in clock – with the dreaded red stamp for late arrivals!

You’ll also find objects from more turbulent times, including a marchers’ banner from the 1884 Franchise Demonstration, and a model ‘waulking’ mill designed to make the bosses scream!

 

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