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Fred Biggs splicing 8 strands
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Cutting the fibres down to 1 metre
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Cock Loft at Ropery
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65Kg pads of sisal
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Sisal going from pads on Bell Frame
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Ropery Big side
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Ropery big side closing machine
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Ropery Chatham AD1796
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Register plates with red marker yarn for sisal
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Chatham Ropery Reeved up through register plates
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Polyprop
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John with Manila fibres
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Jaquard reeved up
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Small closing machine, Chatham
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Spinner showing cops and flyers
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Sisal showing red marker yarn
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Scutcher number 1 with sisal
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Register Plate and Forcing tube
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Polypropylene strands on trestles
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Fred getting on with it
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Strands on Middle side
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Large bobbins with coir
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Fred Cordier at the small reeler
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wooden bobbins
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Redundant fire alarm, Chatham Dockyard Ropery
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Polyprop ends
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Spreader with polypropylene fibres Dockyard
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Middle side with empty trestles
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Chatham Ropery Cockloft after sweeping
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Trestle on Middle side, Chatham Ropery