Hi List Due to many problems I have had to change my ISP, this will be my new e-mail from now on. I am only just getting to grips with using Internet Explorer, after AOL.....and get there I will - eventually. Just come across this on e-bayNo connection here......BUT looks like a good book to own.if you had ancestors in the mills. Description The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs by Ian Beesley with an introduction by Gary Firth was published in 1987. I understand that it is now out of print but I have been fotunate enough to find this brand new, unread copy. A beautiful book it measures just under 8 3/4" by 11 1/8" and has about 136 glossy pages. The back cover says "....Over 100 pictures in these pages cover the history of wool in Yorkshire from the Bronze Age, through the period of the monasteries in the Middle Ages, to the age of industrialisation in the nineteenth century, and up to the presetn. The book also records the processes through which wool passes as it is changed from a raw material into finished cloth, and shows some important side industries such as bobbin and shuttle making. There are certain kinds of information that photography cannot communicate. For this reason the book starts with an introduction by Gary Firth, an historian who has made a significant contribution to our understanding o! f the wool industry. This introduction acts as a fine completment to Ian Beesley's evocative and informative photographs." The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television at Bradford raised funds to enable Ian to work full-time on this project for a year. They were impressed with his enthusiasm and commitment, as well as by his photographic skills and they also felt that the subject itself was important, given that wool played, and contiues to play, such an important part in the economy and working life of Yorkshire. As well as this book there was an exhibition of photographs at the museum in 1987. Jan in Bronte Country Co List Admin Eng. Bradford List Admin Clewer Mailing List.