John Pilling and Sons

The family firm John Pilling and Sons Ltd, made hand, dandy and power looms from 1819. It started in Trawden making hand, dandy and then wooden framed wiper power looms and moved to Colne to make cast iron Lancashire Looms in 1849/50. They continued manufacturing until 1980. The firm also owned several weaving mills and remained in business until 2005 as a mill premises management company. During the wars it made huge quantities of shells, grenades, tank and aircraft parts.

John Pilling and Sons Ltd

Company type	Textile machinery& premises management
Industry	Textile machinery
Founded	1819
Defunct	2005
Headquarters	Trawden, later Colne, Lancashire , UK
Products	Hand looms, Dandy looms, power looms (war work 1914-18, 1939-45)
Services	after 1980 mill premises management

History

It started in Trawden making hand, dandy and then wooden framed wiper power looms and moved to Colne to make cast iron Lancashire Looms in 1849/50

Premises

The firm also owned several weaving mills

Gallery

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See also

• Queen Street Mill

References

Bibliography

• "Hand Loom Supplement". Spinning Wheel Sleuths. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

External links

• A Pilling loom in action at Bancroft Shed