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Heathcoats Factory, Carn Brea, Pool, Cornwall
Tree: AHP
Notes:
Heathcoats Factory, Pool, abt 1950-1975; started 1946 old Women’s Auxillary Air Force camp at Bridge near Portreath - closed Carn Brea factory 1975
Originally Loghborough 1808l moved to Tiverton, Devon where still is today...in 1946 expanded into Cornwall, initially based at old Women’s Auxillary
Air Force camp at Bridge near Portreath ; making surgical stockings,
major supplier to newly formed NHS in late 1940s.
factory moved to Carn Brea where also made other tights and stockings,
in particular dancewear tights, most notably for the Sadler’s Wells
ballet company in 1950s.
aerial photograph is of new, modern factory at Carn Brea, built in
mid-20th century.
... closed the Carn Brea factory in 1975
...Heathcoat’s founded 1808 by John Heathcoat – inventor of the Bobbinet
machine used to make netting; innovators in the production of stretch
net fabric, using different fibres from silk and cotton to Rayon and
Nylon; also made stretch knit fabric for corsetry and swimsuits....
Archives and Cornish Studies Service 17 February 2024
Heathcoats Factory, Pool, c1960 · cornishmemory.com
Aerial view of Heathcoats textile factory Pool. Date. 1960-1969. Rights. Paddy ... Cornwall Community Foundation Cornwall Heritage Trust European ...
1940s-1970s map - https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=50.22200&lon=-5.26975&layers=173&b=ESRIWorld&o=100Land utilisation survey 1960s - https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16.0&lat=50.22200&lon=-5.26975&layers=282&b=ESRIWorld&o=100
Address : Latitude: 50.222, Longitude: -5.26975
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| Histories | | Heathcoats Factory, Pool, abt 1950-1975; started 1946 old Women’s Auxillary Air Force camp at Bridge near Portreath - closed Carn Brea factory 1975 1946 expanded into Cornwall, initially based at old Women’s Auxillary Air Force camp at Bridge near Portreath ; making surgical stockings, major supplier to newly formed NHS in late 1940s. factory moved to Carn Brea where also made other tights and stockings, in particular dancewear tights, most notably for the Sadler’s Wells ballet company… |
Occupation
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Occupation  |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Floyd/NANCARROW, Dorothy | Abt 1949 | I13703 | AHP |