Slubbingbillys.org.uk
Title
Slubbing Billys
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Our badge shows a pair of cropping shears and a hammer, both famous symbols of West Yorkshire's Colne Valley where we are based. The cropping shears were used by the Croppers, skilled tradesmen, to trim the knap of newly woven cloth. They were made redundant in the early 19th century by the invention of the Cropping Frame which mechanised the process. The frames were made by Enoch Taylor of Marsden, a blacksmith who also made hammers. The 'Luddites' used Enoch's hammers to smash the frames, calling 'Enoch made them, and Enoch shall break them!'
