Nostalgic memories of Litton Mill's local history

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Bengeo Chidrens Home Previously A Nursery

Lived and worked here in the seventies it was run by lb Haringay manager was Mrs black at the time early seventies have some good memories there would love a photo of the building,it is now a housing estate the building was opposite a school

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Added 05 March 2018

Working At Litton Mill

I went to work at Litton Mill when I was seventeen. Worked in the Sizing, Charlie Mellor was the supervisor. I met many lovely people and a great lot of characters. The sizing was machines with huge rollers set in a bed of sticky substance, the cotton yarn went through it and was wound into cones. The operatives had to watch for the yarn breaking and knot it up again. As with all millwork in those days ...see more