LECTURES
1934-1935
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Fifty years of textiles
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Profit sharing
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Worsted spinning
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The wool outlook
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The hosiery trade
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Re-manufactured fibres
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Lecture by Platt Bros & Co
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Lecture by Metro Vickers
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New chemicals in the textile trade
1935-1936
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Twist in yarns and threads - its worth and cost
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Water for scouring and dyeing
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A bird’s eye view of the largest tailoring organisation in the world (Montague Burton)
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The textile trade from an accountant’s viewpoint
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The prospects of modifying normal wool to manufacturing advantage
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The carding engine, past, present and future
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Weaving in relation to dress goods
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Chambers of Commerce and their work
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Modern developments in textile machinery
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The economic situation
1936-1937
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The present wool situation
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How new yarns and fibres have assisted the development of fancy fabrics
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Technical service with reference to production and distribution
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The bankers’ part in the woollen industry
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Felting theory and felting practice
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Home and foreign trade in wool textiles
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The continental system of yarn manufacture
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Woollen carding
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The chemist and the mill
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General methods for the examination of textile oils.
(average attendance = 50)
1938-1939
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Industry and science
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Textile mill lighting
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Modern developments in woollen yarn manufacture]some aspects of cloth finishing
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Redundant plant and control schemes in the textile industries
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Film: the manufacture of card clothing
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Coloured worsted spinning
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Raw materials for the woollen industry
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Some aspects of fancy wool designing
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The origin and development of the Dobcross four-colour automatic loom
(average attendance not given; 3 lectures attracted over 100, one over 200).
1939-1940
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Film: the manufacture and application of the electric motor
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Scientific selling
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Modern power transmission
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Fancy yarns
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The costing of woollen cloth
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Modern improvements in textile machinery
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Woollen carding engines
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Some aspects of the choice of wetting agents
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Faults in fabrics – ‘short papers’
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(note that the whole of this programme was cancelled due to the onset of the Second World War)
1945-1946
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Future of nylon
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Modern methods of carding
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Exports
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Woollen and worsted piece dyeing
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Some methods of modifying the properties of wool to commercial advantage
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Lighting
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Modern improvements in textile finishing machinery
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The cost accountant’s contribution to the science of management.
(average attendance = 150; highest = 226)
1946-1947
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Carding
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Motion study
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Fancy yarns
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Automatic wool oiling
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Man-made fibres
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Woollen yarn manufacture
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Recent developments in woollen and worsted finishing
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Winding and warping
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Electronics in the textile industry
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Textile brains trust
(average attendance = 166; highest = 250)
1947-1948
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Scientific investigation in woollen carding
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Modern winding and warping machinery
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Aids to management
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Developments in weaving
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Oils and fats and their use in the woollen industry
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Trends of events and present day problems in the woollen manufacturing industry
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Colour in woollen and worsted fabrics
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Training in the textile trade
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Modern wool ring spinning
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Defects in finishing woollen and worsted fabrics
(average attendance = 147)
1948-1949
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The Peralta machine in woollen carding
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Continuous filament nylon yarn in the wool industry
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American impressions
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Principles of textile research
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The protection of wool against insect pests
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Recent researches in modern carding
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Electric motors in the woollen and worsted industry
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Recent developments in modern detergents
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The Saurer loom
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Wool knowledge – technique and handicraft
(reduced average attendance’, but highest = 315)
1949-1950
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Carding
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Weaving
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Finishing
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Spinning
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Film – this is colour
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What the mantle manufacturer expects of the cloth manufacturer
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Automatic blending
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Blending of staple fibre with wool
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Faults in general
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Finishing of face cloths, including billiard cloths
suggested lectures
1950-1951
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Scouring and milling
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Warp breakages in weaving – causes and remedies
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Principles of woollen carding
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A uniform costing system in the textile industry
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The clothes doctor
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Modern developments in woollen yarn manufacturing machinery
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The adaptability of design in relation to cloth setting
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The Benninger non-stop shuttle changing loom
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Knitting
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Scouring and milling
(average attendance = 164 – range from 60-272)
1951-1952
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Some applications of the woollen type card in allied industries
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The manufacture, wet processing and finishing of pressed felt
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Modern loom design and development
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Rag pulling
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Syton in the textile industry with particular reference to woollen and worsted spinning
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Technical efficiency and motion study in woollen carding
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High speed warping
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The story of wool
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Dyeing faults – an explanation for the manufacturer
(average attendance = 134 – range from 78-190)
1952-1953
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Research in its relation to industry
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Carding and spinning brains trust
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Cap spinning
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Electronic control applied to the woollen spinning mule
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The future of cloth finishing
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Flight of the shuttle
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An introduction to Fibrolane
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Woollen and worsted carding
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Mechanical handling in the textile industry
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Evolution of fashions in wool
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Film show: 6 films
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Tar branding
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The Australian sheep industry (‘The Golden Fleece’)
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Clothes of the Empire (‘the great variety of clothing worn by people in the British Commonwealth’)
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Harris tweed (‘The Western Isles’)
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From silk worm to parachuteThe impact of wool on the economy of the country (‘Goddess of Merchants’)
1953-1954
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Technical & managerial aspects of woollen carding and manufacture
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Applications of pvc plastics to textiles
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Film show (courtesy of IWS):
o The discovery of a new pigment (Research and development in dyeing)
o Queen of the border (Hawick ‘at work and at play’)
o Story of wool
o A magic carpet (the sheepskin industry for carpet manufacture) -
Film (courtesy Montague Burton Ltd: Ideals in industry (organisation in a modern clothing factory re men’s wear)
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Orlon acrylic fibre
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The application of radio-active techniques to textile processing problems
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Removal of impurities from carded web
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Recent experiments in worsted yarn production
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End breakage in weaving
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Weave well alone
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Practical application of the new British wool futures market
(average attendance = 103)
1954-1955
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Some new developments in winding
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Chemistry in the wool industry
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Defects arising in the processes preparatory to weaving
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Methods of automatic control in woollen carding
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What the retailer wants
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The place of design and colour in modern textiles
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The finishing of fabrics containing wool and man-made fibres
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The Clothes Doctor (‘Ladies’ Night’ – about commercial and domestic cleaning of clothes)
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Film show –sheep farms in different countries; from wool to fabric
(average attendance = 97)
1955-1956
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Hopper feeds – new developments
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The examination of fibrous materials in relation to criminal investigation
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British sheep, wool and fabric
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Some practical results of weaving research in mills and laboratory
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Some aspects of automatic weaving
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Melange printing
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Research applied in the textile industry
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The finishing of “Terylene” and “Terylene”/wool
(average attendance = 142)
1956-1957
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Trees
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Automatic weaving
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Techniques of blending
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The history and development of fashion in wool
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Trade Union approach to work study
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Changes in Scottish woollens
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Practical woollen yarn manufacture
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The evolution of wire raising
(average attendance = 136)
1957-1958
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Future trends in wool carding and spinning
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A consultant looks at work study
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Mechanical faults in textile processing
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Finishing of new blended fabrics
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Semi and full automisation of existing looms
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Shrink resisting wool
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Influence of automation on fabric styling
(average attendance = 143)
1958-1959
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Further experiments in wool carding
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Colour, finish and the consumer
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New developments in the training of operatives
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Modern worsted spinning practice: a critical appraisal
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Unusual means of fabric production
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Lecture by J B Speakman
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The problems of uniformity in wool growth
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The British wool industry in a free trade area
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Fashion show
(average attendance = 87)
1960-1961
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Carding in the Scottish woollen industry
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Some troubles of the maker-up
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Colour and design in the textile industry
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Recent developments in worsted textile machinery
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The Crompton & Knowles “Papa” loom
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3 short lectures – local industry
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Modern piece scouring methods in relation to uneven dyeing
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Requirements of loom design
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Potential developments in the finishing of woollen and worsted fabrics
(average attendance = 134 – range from 78-190)
1961-1962
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The Platt-Joseph woollen card for coarse and fine counts
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Planning for re-equipment
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Soaps and detergents used in wool processing
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Fashion merry-go-round
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Schweiter automatic pirn and super cop winding
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Advertising in relation to textiles
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The reason for designing
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The continuing battle to improve worsted yarns
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Courtelle – fibre to fabric
1962-1963
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Prospects for automation in woollen yarn manufacture
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Whither wool
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Tufting
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New developments in woollen and worsted finishing machinery
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Developments at Dobcross
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Developments in the setting of wool textiles
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Some considerations of mule and frame spinning
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1 lecture tba
1963-1964
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Trends and developments in carding
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Man made fibres and yarns
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The Snoek rapier loom
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The Italian and Japanese textile industries
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Foambacked fabrics
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The Mackie approach to wool and man made fibres
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The problem of static electricity
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Two for one twisting
1964-1965
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Woollen carding
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Production planning and control
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Materials handling
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Preparing and blending for woollen spinning
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The Textima gripper shuttle
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Wool stretch cloths
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Colour
1965-1966
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The Jungbauer system of vacuum stripping of cards
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Explanation and use of the tex system
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Recent developments in woollen frame spinning
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Electronics and cloth finishing
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Aspects of new developments in weaving
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The designer’s dream (Thieron novelty and high speed twisting)
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Colour television
1967-1968
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Fashion in textiles
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Trends in weaving machinery development
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The Platt system of semi-worsted yarn manufacture
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Du Pont and the West Riding
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Investigations on break spinning methods at the Shirley Institute
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Export marketing
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Textile processing oils
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Wool makes its mark
1968-1969
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Nonwoven fabrics for the woollen industry
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Nep formation in carding
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Continuous method of weft insertion
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The worsted industry in Japan
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Management services in wool textiles
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The Garnett-Bywater web forming and needle punching machine
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The computer link at WIRA
1970-1971
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Developments in textile machinery
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The problems of the maker up
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The production and use of novelty yarns
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Productivity in preparatory processes
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Management by objectives and its use by smaller firms
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Some common cloth faults
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New fibres and novel textile products
1971-1972
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Review of ITMA 1971
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Transprints – theory and practice
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Washable fabrics
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Why knitting?
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Rationalisation
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Developments in card clothing
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Trevira
1972-1973
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Study of the report by Atkins Planning
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The challenge of textile marketing
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Nonwoven apparel fabrics – the fibre lock approach
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Rag-tearing machinery and woollen and worsted blending machinery
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Recent developments in nonwoven materials
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Woollen and worsted carding and spinning machinery
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Weaving, dyeing and finishing machinery for woollen and worsted fabrics
1973-1974
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The present and future structure of the woollen textile industry
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Guarding of textile machinery
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Fashion show
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Blended fabrics containing Terylene
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Lecture by Haigh-Chadwick
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A general review of new methods of yarn production
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Developments in weaving technology
1945-1946
1974-1975
(average attendance = 150; highest = 226)
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Woven and tufted carpet developments
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Shift work – some principles and problems
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Retail textiles
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Nonwoven fabrics
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Break spinning
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Modern trends in the vacuum steaming of textiles in autoclaves
1975-1976
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The changing scene
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Textile education and group training
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New European standards for cloth faults
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Recent legislation and its implications for textiles
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The future of the clothing industry
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Troyfil process – colouration of contaminated piece goods
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Quality control in woven fabric production
1976-1977
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Opening address
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The future of the textile industry
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Axispinner
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Why export?
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Recent developments in the law and people at work in textiles
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‘Lecture’ (by P P Townend)
1977-1978
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Lecture by Bulmer & Lumb
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Open evening
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The role of technology in retailing
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The work of the Wool Textile Economic Development Committee
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Lecture by Joe Hyman (Crowther Group)
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The importance of export strategy in wool textiles
1978-1979
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Lecture by Woolcombers
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Water
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The wool textile industry’s career structure proposals
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Energy conservation in the textile finishing industry
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Modern fibre blending plants
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Making money in textiles
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1 lecture –title not on membership card
1979-1980
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The Galaxy carding system
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Textiles tomorrow
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The principles of exporting
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Design, erection and commissioning of a spinning mill
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Developments in finishing machinery
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How to make real returns from textiles
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1 lecture –title not on membership card
1980-1981
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The British wool textile industry and the third wave
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The future of the UK industry in the EEC
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Present-day requirements for apparel cloths
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Developments in lubricants and additives in textile processing
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2 lectures – titles not on membership card
1981-1982
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Very nice but will it clean
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A different view of textiles
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Modern developments in carding and spinning
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New shuttleless weaving machinery/Developments in high bulk pp fibre processing machinery
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Research associations under present conditions
1982-1983
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Weight control in card feeding
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Communication on quality
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Insolvency matters
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Recent developments in wool processing
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Wool marketing 1983
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The history and development of textile mills
1983-1984
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ITMA retrospect
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Weaving with information
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Plain and fancy yarns, the hollow spindle way
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The fine line
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Microbial spoilage of textiles
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S R Gents present and future
1984-1985
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The future of the UK wool textile industry
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Yarn production – the benefits of machine monitoring
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Developments in yarn manufacture
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Mildew growth on textile materials
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Somet Master SM92
1985-1986
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The retailing revolution
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Computer Aided Design in textiles and colouration
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The policing of West Yorkshire
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Finance for management buyout
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The Stock Exchange/textile industry interface
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Quality control in textiles and clothing
1986-1987
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Has package dyeing a future?
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A new look at international trade
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An explanation of group training and YTS
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Fancy yarn design and high fashion
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A five point plan for wool to the 1990s
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Finishing in the year 2000
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Fashion in woven textiles
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Quality control in textiles and clothing
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Weaving with ease
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Advances in textile machinery development
1987-1988
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The future for European textiles
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Electrical techniques in the textile industry
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Taking jacquard weaving into the 1990s
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Latest developments in winding and splicing
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The latest in Somet weaving
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Dynamic response
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Cotton textiles – the challenge ahead
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Paris fashion fabrics
1988-1989
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Today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities
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BS5750: quality systems
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Latest developments in air jet technology and their commercial applications
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The match prediction of blended coloured fibres
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Cerifil spinning – replacement for ring spinning
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Spinning towards zero defects
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Readicut International – the story of a textile company’s revival
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Ladies’ evening
1989-1990
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Towards 2000: the future environment for the British textile industry
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Nonwoven textiles in the bedding industry
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BTTG – and the benefits it offers to the textile industry
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Computer Aided Design – present and future
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Suessens contribution to spinning for today and the future
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Profit engineering – garment production
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Sulphur dyeing in the modern dyehouse/Automation in the dyehouse: planning for the future
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The NWTEC and 1992
1990-1991
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Environmental issues in wool processing
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British textiles – towards the year 2000
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Training within textiles
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The importance of fibre blending for product quality
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A critical review of modern spinning techniques
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New developments in electronic flat knitting machines
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A family and its weaving business
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Chemical coatings on textile materials
1991-1992
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Can British textiles survive another 5 years?
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A move into the 90s
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The Environmental Protection Act 1990: an introduction and its implications for industry
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The UK in 1999: Portugal without the good weather?
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Working together
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Images for the 1990s
1992-1993
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Kosset Carpets post Coloroll
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The implications of environmental legislation for the UK industry
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Towards total quality
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Flaming textiles
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Thoughts on the textile industry
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Cool wool
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The Stock Exchange view of the textile industry
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Developments in the wool industry in Australia
1993-1994
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Camborne Fabrics
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Glass fibre textiles for thermal protection
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The press and wool textiles
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Kosset – life after Coloroll
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Design means business
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A textile view of environmental protection – Courtaulds textile approach
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Sorting sheep from goats – fibre identification
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Wool textiles in a global market
1994-1995
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Toray Textiles Europe – the Japanese experience
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Global markets for wool textiles
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Finishing with quality
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Warp knitted technical textiles
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Aspects of carding
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Cotton in a competitive world
1995-1996
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Environmentally-friendly colour in textiles
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ITMA Forum: yarn, weave, knit, dye, finishing
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Corporate bartering in textiles
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New developments in weaving
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Textiles and the environment in the future
1996-1997
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Eco textiles – what dyes can we use
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Exporting to the clothing trade
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The changing world of medical textiles
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Profit and productivity from an unexpected source
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Industry for charity’s sake
1997-1998
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Looking to the future
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Making environment management work
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Long term business success
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Rapier weaving in the new millennium
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Perspectives on the retail environment
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The UK – jewel in Europe’s crown?
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Economic sample and production warping
1998-1999
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Play your cards right
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Tencel – a revolution in cellulosic fibres
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Film – archive footage
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Lycra – a fibre for the 21st century
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New ways to use computer power in textiles
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Where are we with quality?
1999-2000
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The Textile Centre of Excellence – training and education
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New ways of using computer technology in textile design and marketing
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The way ahead
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Niche market for woollens – textiles for theatre and films
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Managing your balance sheet in the new millennium
2000-2001
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A stitch before time
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Textile Society quiz
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The future of short-run fabric printing
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Always making the fashion
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Smart fibres
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Closed-loop recycling of carpet industry waste material
2001-2002
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Bon Marché – a niche market
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The use of textiles in civil engineering earthworks
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Adding value through change
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The only constant is change
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The UK – still Portugal without the good weather?
2002-2003
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The power of design-led business
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The wool textile industry: past, present and future
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Textile archives
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Textiles and clothing in Yorkshire – the challenge ahead
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Lubricants for woollen spinning – a change is on the cards
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Textile names
2003-2004
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What future for the British textile industry
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The Colne valley in its heyday
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Interesting times
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2 other lectures – details not on membership card
2004-2005
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Environmental business support
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Smart textiles
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Textiles and the family firm in West Yorkshire – the paternalist tradition
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The retail sector’s view of modern textiles
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Designers for industry: we need each other
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Fashion retailing
2005-2006
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Weaving technology
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White Rose lecture
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Textile innovations
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Weaving the story
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Reliance Textile Industries – a company profile
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Textile and manufacturing in the region
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Nanotechnologies for textiles
2006-2007
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REACH – the regulation, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals
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Is there a future for textile manufacturing in the UK?
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Textile films
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China and textiles – challenges and opportunities
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Students reporting
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Our past is our future
2007-2008
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Blurring the boundaries
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Cricket and textiles in the Huddersfield area
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A sustainable future for textiles
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UK weaving in the 21st century
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The history and future of military textiles
2008-2009
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Marketing and manufacturing – a fabric-ated story
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Relaunch of ‘Woolmark’ brands
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Film show – from the Yorkshire Film Archive section
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Moors to luxury floors
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Cloths made in Yorkshire – the best in the world
2009-2010
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Wool: past, present and future
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The felt connection
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Leeds Fashion Works for Yorkshire textiles
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Sustainability or profitability – can we afford both?
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Lecture by Baltex Ltd
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Zandra Rhodes: a lifelong love affair with textiles
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The business of excellence
2010-2011
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Development of an advanced personal protective equipment garment for protection against slashes and cuts
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Why manufacture textiles in Yorkshire?
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Presentation by the Fashion Department of the University of Huddersfield
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Savile Row tailoring for cars
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A week in the life of a retail fabric technologist
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The Campaign for Wool patron – HRH The Prince of Wales
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From hand loom to power loom
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Opportunities in the technical textiles sector
2013-2014
2011-2012
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Wool, probably the best fibre in the world
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Regeneration
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The textile innovation
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Fashion - back to the future?
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Can you believe your eyes?
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Building global niche brands and the renaissance of the Cooperative and Fair Trade movements. How can this help local textile companies?
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A love hate relationship with couture
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The first new worsted spinning mill for over a generation
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
(Note that some meetings are held jointly with the Bradford Textile Society)