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Sir John Swinburne’s 1793 Memorandum on the English Forgery of French Assignats at Haughton Castle Paper Mill, Northumberland, in the 1790’s – Peter Bower
Assignats were the official currency of Revolutionary France. This article describes in detail a UK Government sanctioned-plot to undermine the Revolutionary Government by flooding France with forged assignats, produced using English paper from a couple of mills in Northumberland and Kent
19 pages, 32 figures
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— of cabbages—and kings: a story of paper hats – Mike Malley
A well-illustrated item on the importance of headwear in times gone by, and of the use of paper hats in various professions (not just the paper industry).
4.5 pages, 8 figures
Paper Mill Workers and their Conditions of Labour
Part of our WWI series. A nice piece of social history, outlining union negotiations for increased wages and decreased working hours in the paper industry during wartime.
0.5 pages
Composite Wood Panel Production. Part 1: definitions – Daven Chamberlain
Composite wood panels are produced by a similar process to that of papermaking. This article describes the types of panel made from shredded and pulverised fibre sources, namely: Fibreboard, Particleboard, and Strandboard. It outlines in basic terms the material preparation, panel formation and finishing.
5 pages, 9 figures
An English Board Mill and its War Record: the Limehouse Paperboard Mills, Ltd. – Anon
Part of our WWI series. A description of the wartime exploits of the Hough family, owners of the Limehouse Paperboard Mill and Robert Hough raw material business.
1 pages, 5 figures
Ignoring an Air Raid Warning – Anon
Part of our WWI series. A short description of a trial involving the Hyde Paper Manufacturing Company, for failure to react adequately to an official air raid warning.
0.5 pages
The Paper Industry and the World – Anon
Part of our WWI series. A piece published just after the Great War had ended, outlining some of the major changes experienced by the industry in recent years.
0.5 pages
Paper for Artificial Flowers – Anon
Part of our WWI series. A somewhat unlikely article at a time of war, this is an English translation of an article published in a leading German trade journal, on the stock preparation and dying characteristics of paper for artificial flowers.
1 page
Employment of Girls in Paper Mills – Anon
Part of our WWI series. Description of a trial involving Messrs Cauldwell & Co., of Inverkeithing Paper Mill, for not respecting official guidance regarding acceptable working hours for girls at their mill.
1 page
Theft of Papermaking Rags in Eighteenth-Century London – Geoffrey Day & Amélie Junqua
An article containing several reports of rag thefts in Georgian London.
2 pages
Pollution of the River Axe below Lower Wookey Mill and above Wookey Hole Mill – Brian Luker
Following on from a recent article on pollution in the Dickinson mills in Hertfordshire, this article describe the problem of pollution control in Wookey, Somerset.
3 pages
Book Reviews – Peter Bower
Paper Making by Hand in 1953 – John Barcham Green
Reprint of a 1953 booklet describing in detail how paper in made by hand.
Supplément to Filigranes et autres caractéristiques des papiers Fabriqués en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles – Raymond Gaudriault
Catalogue of watermarks in French paper from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Beater House at Trews Weir Mill
Image of the exterior of the said Beater House, c.1930s.
1 page, 1 figure
In Memoriam: Ron Macdonald (1933-2017) – Peter Bower & Simon Green
Obituary of Ron Macdonald, the last British paper mould maker.
5 pages, 5 figures
Stoneywood Mill on the North Esk
Watercolour, by an unknown artist, showing Stoneywood Mill in the late 1790s.
0.5 pages, 1 figure
