Beautiful. Every bit of it. Thank you for preserving this experience.
@tomomok19825 жыл бұрын
Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. Textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen.
@klareellis5 жыл бұрын
Also for paper.
@ZacharyRodriguez4 жыл бұрын
I've heard there are two variants of commercial flax plant. A shorter one used for seed, and a longer variety for textile.
@opheliarolle53934 жыл бұрын
I just gained new respect for the craft.
@salahfathi46104 жыл бұрын
Egyption flax fiber We have all kinds of Egyptian raw linen and its derivatives for the manufacture of textiles and use in many other things. Please contact: Mego565@gmail.com Egypt: 00201276007225 France:0033753934337 Thank you Salah
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
@@ZacharyRodriguez Flax grown exclusively for seed has no real value for textiles and was usually destroyed by burning or landfill, now there is a lot of research into cleaning this fibre for use in composites. Short Flax fibres are Known as "Tow" and are a by product of the Hackling process , these short fibres are usually Carded , Drawn, Roved and spun into heavier less valuable yarn counts as opposed to the more valuable long "Line" fibres used to spin the finest linen yarn counts.
@maryannedelaney5 жыл бұрын
Wow. It is amazing how it didn't disintegrate after that long and arduous process through the machines.
@M3rVsT4H4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think you know you've found a pretty special natural fibre when you can do all of that to it and it's still strong enough to make a shirt out of.
@mrs.manrique74113 жыл бұрын
The more the fibers were processed, the softer they were - which is important if you're going to be wearing them on your skin!
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
Flax fibre is extremely strong like Hemp and Jute etc. It is also very "Hydroscopic" with a regain value of 14 - 16% which also adds to the strength . This is also why the machinery was very robust. I have seen myself where untended machines have had rollers bent and castings smashed due to Flax sliver "lap" formations.
@VRGamercz4 жыл бұрын
3:00 Damn how old is that boy? Not to mention state of his clothes.
@colindubord42394 жыл бұрын
Noticed that too.... wasn’t sure if those are his “work” clothes or that’s actually are a good set of clothes for him.
@kaspernbs4 жыл бұрын
Looking at the break points i would say recent growth spurt and has broken through his work cloths since those areas would get stressed by his work actions. Due to buy a new set of gear i reckon.
@LordSither13 жыл бұрын
or 1940s northern england industrial area. kids probably 13-14. very common for schooling to last till your 11 or so up until the 1970s or so. especially in the rural farming areas
@colindubord42393 жыл бұрын
@@LordSither1 good job! You’re smart man
@macdansav15463 жыл бұрын
Don't forget there was a war on. In the early 40s lots of the older men would have been conscripted leaving the younger teenagers to take over.
@jltrack4 жыл бұрын
Linen is such an impressive textile.
@roberttaylor90y76 Жыл бұрын
I worked as a mechanic in a flax mill for 28 years.
@ZoeGilbertson9 ай бұрын
people would be very interested in your knowledge now.
@sethtrey3 ай бұрын
What broke the most?
@micahh93512 ай бұрын
How on earth did you manage such complex and beautiful machinery?
@abcstardust5 ай бұрын
Excellent video Thank you for Sharing !!
@lisette20603 жыл бұрын
Highly impressive production. -British technic at it's finest.
@loisraymcinnis60065 жыл бұрын
Love learning! and thank you very much!
@ginajones10035 жыл бұрын
I love the posh accent of the narrator! Nobody speaks like that anymore.
@bonniehowell66044 жыл бұрын
The way of speaking is called “a Mayfair Accent”. Very posh.
@carolinemaja21994 жыл бұрын
Just go to England.
@M3rVsT4H4 жыл бұрын
@@bonniehowell6604 I'd not heard that term. Thanks for sharing.
@thatgrumpychick49284 жыл бұрын
I bet it's because it takes effort and society has thumbed their nose at anything that takes effort
@jonka14 жыл бұрын
@@carolinemaja2199 I'm English and very few people ever spoke like that. The media in the 1940s set itself up as arbiters of "good taste" and that included speaking like that. The legacy of Lord Reith of the BBC.
@marysmith7765 Жыл бұрын
So interesting how they can get such a consistent result from what is basically tall grass.
@RKarmaKill4 жыл бұрын
The beauty of efficiency with child labor 👍
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
I think that mill may have been in Belfast, York street or Strandtown perhaps ? Those lads where likely apprentices 14 or 15 years maybe which was normal for the era.
@moniquem7832 жыл бұрын
@@roberthenderson760 plus it was wartime. Men were a bit hard to find!
@book31002 жыл бұрын
Not everybody is a doctor.
@lesabri2 жыл бұрын
Child labor is very cheap! Slavery is practically free...this is how the rich got/get rich
@moniquem7832 жыл бұрын
@@lesabri look at the date of the video. It was wartime. The men were off fighting. Everyone who could, pitched in. It’s a fairly recent thing to stay at school until 18 and be considered a child that whole time. Both of my parents left school and started working at 15. Actually my sister did too. The moment she was legally allowed to leave school, she was out of there! 😂😂 If someone was not academically minded and didn’t like school, or if their family couldn’t afford for them to continue, it was normal for them to leave and get a job. In the UK, at the time of this video, the legal school leaving age was 14. It was raised to 15 in 1944 and 16 in 1972. The “child” in the video looks about 14 to me. Isn’t he lucky that his first job is in a flax factory! Yes it’s very dusty, but at least there’s no chance of an explosion like there would be in a munitions factory.
@KianneofTroi3 жыл бұрын
i love these types of olde videos ....
@thekoderius2656 жыл бұрын
1: Whoever invented that machine is a genius 2: I want to touch those flax bundles so much lol
@lisapelarske16345 жыл бұрын
TheKoderius I know, right? They look so soft, that entire machine is truly a genius idea!
@lisapelarske16345 жыл бұрын
No wonder linen is so expensive!
@motazelkholy69205 жыл бұрын
@CakeBaker67 the inventor of this great machinery which is still working is James mackie irish factory
@jamesmcinnis2084 жыл бұрын
@dave dude No one?
@caritas30154 жыл бұрын
An engineer was responsible for both the design of the machine and the engineering process.
@franklesser56554 жыл бұрын
The end bundles... how does it not become a big tangled mess?
@jumemowery94345 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@dinnerwithfranklin24516 жыл бұрын
Interesting show thanks
@kenc22574 жыл бұрын
There were some very young people (kids, really) working those machines, particularly at the start of the video.
@lesley18482 жыл бұрын
My mum and dad left school at 14 that is how it was back then. I left school at fifteen and now it is sixteen. Time changes society.
@Msfeathers76 жыл бұрын
Do they still make any clothing out of flax?
@GMack6 жыл бұрын
Yes, search for Linen clothing and you will see.
@missartist1236 жыл бұрын
Flavia Slag yes. Linen is made entirely out of flax.
@chubeye11875 жыл бұрын
Flax also known as linseed, probably where the name linen came from or vice versa
@salahfathi46104 жыл бұрын
Egyption flax fiber We have all kinds of Egyptian raw linen and its derivatives for the manufacture of textiles and use in many other things. Please contact: Mego565@gmail.com Egypt: 00201276007225 France:0033753934337 Thank you Salah
@00_rei904 жыл бұрын
Still used in the military as part of LBEs
@jonathanlandau-litewski74056 ай бұрын
My grandmother pressed flax for 4 years in a concentration camp. This is my first time actually seeing her 'job.'
@rhondalundy5505 жыл бұрын
I wonder if anyone still uses those machines????
@motazelkholy69205 жыл бұрын
yes we r
@motazelkholy69205 жыл бұрын
www.eicflax.com
@xxHumilde5 жыл бұрын
@@motazelkholy6920 wow thanks
@b-bnt5 жыл бұрын
@x they should. Its part of buisness
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
The oldest Flax processing machine I ever worked on was a 70 year old Hackling (combing) machine built by James Mackie & Sons of Belfast . It was in a mill in Germany , a purely mechanical machine ( first machine shown in video) There are many of these machines still working and also modern versions being manufactured (mainly in China).
@makeitkate32402 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine kids doing that kind of work with industrial machinery in western countries now?
@cassbarker19662 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing process 🤗
@simonliu8092 жыл бұрын
my company is looking for flax yarn spinning waste, pls contact me who can supply..
@anlemeinthegame16372 жыл бұрын
Listening to the narrator is like stepping back in time. Quite the old style RP accent.
@robertalan24273 жыл бұрын
Looks like it must cost a BUNDLE
@EKA201-j7f2 жыл бұрын
Why are the captions in Italian?!
@phoebebaker1575 Жыл бұрын
So cool
@kathyohara6658 Жыл бұрын
I love linen, especially antique Irish linens. It is really interesting to see the processing the flax goes through to make it. This historical film brought back so many memories of a different era. The comments on this post about child labour show real ignorançe and I suggest schools improve their history and geography curriculum to educate thereby avoid entitled milleniums having to expose their ignorance on media platforms such as this.
@guillermoruiz30803 жыл бұрын
Increible...
@aaronmorgan88194 жыл бұрын
Is it New Zealand flax ?
@chubeye11874 жыл бұрын
Probably northern Ireland
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
Could be Flax from Northern Ireland ,Southern Ireland, Russia, Belgium, Holland or the best Quality at that time and even today Northern France and either "dew" or "water" retted. Or in some cases blends of any of the above depending on production costs, quality and yarn count requirements.
@ryanalexander30883 жыл бұрын
no sussex flax, common flax
@damianousley8833 Жыл бұрын
New zealnd flax comes from a different plant but processed in a similar manner. There is a film showing NZ flax being harvested and processed.
@janerkenbrack3373 Жыл бұрын
As Sergeant Joe Friday would later say, Just the flax, ma'am.
@alanroy2 жыл бұрын
Who is the narrator?
@drxym4 жыл бұрын
Practically Dickensian
@jonka14 жыл бұрын
If it was Dickensian then most of the workers would be little children.
@bigjd2k4 жыл бұрын
Probably a more interesting job than sitting in front of a computer all day!
@Canhistoryismylife4 жыл бұрын
@@jonka1 did you see the video those are children working at the machines
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
@@Canhistoryismylife As we say (quite crudely) here in Belfast " Thems some brave hairy arsed children" , young apprentices 14 - 15 years which was normal for the era. I left school at 16 to begin an apprenticeship with James Mackie & Sons the manufacturer of the machines in the video and looked every bit as fresh faced as those lads and had my first pint of Guinness out of my first wage packet.
@leyop45592 жыл бұрын
Yeahhhhh
@Sumtingwongbruh1234 жыл бұрын
Flax reminds me of rs
@rachelstrahan24863 жыл бұрын
👍
@34tab3 жыл бұрын
I think that the ancient Egyptians ad linen cloth-- I cannot imagine how they managed to create it!
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I visited a carpet yarn mill in Cairo , before I left they took me to visit the Cairo museum of Antiquities, there i saw a piece of Linen over 2,000 years old and it was as fine and beautifully constructed as any modern day fine Linen cloth. As I work (even today) in the Flax/Linen industry I found it particularly fascinating.
@fieonshakespearenut Жыл бұрын
In my head I added the cheesy "How It's Made" music.
@danielfeld87243 жыл бұрын
No child labor laws yet
@jeffwads3 жыл бұрын
Child labor laws need not apply baby.
@monipenihang1018 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh child labor! Those were the good ol’ days
@emilybond75564 жыл бұрын
Obligatory Runescape comment as I didn't see one.
@frankservant57542 жыл бұрын
Wow the British were indeed way ahead when it came to industrialisation of course it did not come without its own vices but seeing a young boy working in a factory is quite refreshing
@apcolleen2 жыл бұрын
What kind of factory did you work in?
@ابوعلي-ظ9ع5ح Жыл бұрын
🌳🎩💐🏚️🐓
@xedang65762 жыл бұрын
👍😁🇺🇸🇺🇦🌺
@Euquila4 жыл бұрын
great vid, but it's late and I did yawn at the yarn
@marlonpicken51934 жыл бұрын
good documentation of child labour
@LeftIsBest0012 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, good old child labour.
@scottleft36723 жыл бұрын
Sadly you only see linen now is as rags for cleaning, from charity bins to charity factory, if a button missing, it's discarded into large sacks for sale at $10 a 1/4 ton bag, then torn into foot square rags, then sold at $10 a pound, shameful.
@mynamejeff35453 жыл бұрын
They don't have bedsheets where you're from?
@nancyneyedly45872 жыл бұрын
Linen is a favourable choice for summer clothing. Even linen pillows, curtains and sofas. Very popular. I have never seen a linen "rag", expensive linen tea towel maybe.
@l27tester2 жыл бұрын
We love child labour
@willroman35952 жыл бұрын
A libertarian dream.
@justinmorgan21263 жыл бұрын
child labour... fantastic.
@chubeye11874 жыл бұрын
Not that long ago when we were a third world country
@00_rei904 жыл бұрын
By what definition exactly?
@Brap-pl2me3 жыл бұрын
What a moron.
@lisette20603 жыл бұрын
How do you connect these highly ingenious machines and top quality product with third world?
@roberthenderson7603 жыл бұрын
Third world? In Belfast we had the two largest (and wealthiest ) Flax Mills in the world and exported "Irish Linen" to the four corners of the earth. We also had one of the largest Textile Machinery manufacturer's in the world in James Mackie & Sons who designed, built and exported machinery for processing Jute, Hemp, Flax, Wool , Synthetics etc all over the globe for more than 150 years.