It's Wilson's bobbin works you are after. Please check out: http://www.garstonhistoricalsociety....velopment.html My grandfather William Owens was a saw doctor at Wilson's about 1894-97 before be became a professional footballer and grocer.



"In 1893 the transfer of Messrs. Wilson Brothers Bobbin Company Ltd. began from Todmorden. The firm came because land was available for expansion and the dock facility allowed the firm to operate a fleet of schooners to bring specialised timber from all over the world and to take the bobbins and shuttles required for the cotton industry to many countries. At its peak of production, Wilsons was the largest bobbin and shuttle manufacturing company in the world, turning out a million bobbins a week."