Shuttles, Steam and Soot

Fifty years on, the great documentary photographer Daniel Meadows returns to Lancashire.  This facsimile exhibition recreates an original touring show from the 1970s, when these extraordinary photographs were taken, documenting working life in Queen Street Mill, Burnley; Bancroft Shed in Barnoldswick and even atop a 150 foot chimney stack!  Shuttles, Steam and Soot premieres at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum from 8 July 2026 before touring to Bancroft Mill Engine Museum and other Lancashire locations. Full details can be found on our Pendle Radicals website.

Stanley Graham, mill engineer, replaces gland packing on high pressure cylinder. James Nutter & Sons, Bancroft Shed, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, June 1976.