In clever coat of arms format this Lancashire postcard by Teddy Ashton displays the necessary tools of trade for a female worker in a textile factory. Clogs feature at the top .
A key person in the factory was the Tackler, who supervised power looms and the weavers who operated them . He quickly tackled mechanical problems with machines . In the above Ashton postcard such a man , wearing clogs , poses , flexes his muscles and displays his vest and tools . Translated , Lancashire accent caption is : WHAT MAKES A TACKLER .
Interior view of textile factory after snowstorm made the roof collapse in 1908 .These postcards from an impressive North Queensland collection . More later .
