A bit of History...........
Tone Mills (part 2) is a complete cloth finishing works, established by the Fox Brothers and Co. The Fox family's interest in woollen fabric began in the early 1700's, when Edward Fox married into the Wellington based Were family, making Fox Brothers one of the earliest entrants into the UK wool industry. The company was officially founded by Thomas Fox in Wellington 1772, after taking over the family business from his father, Edward. At this time, it is believed that the company employed up to 450 people in and around the area.
With the wool sorting, spinning, drying and weaving processes all under one roof, the Fox family were able to exert more control over quality and increase production.
The Explore...............
It was an early start to the day, meeting with Camera Shy.
We met two other great guys 'non members', Marty and Timmy and entered the buildings waitin' for sunrise inside the dyeing buildings 
Once we had finished there we moved on to Tonedale Mills............
I hope you enjoyed the pics from part 2 (Tonedale Mill), previous post is part 1 of Tone Mills, dyeing and fulling works from another part of the site at the opposite side of the town.
A big thanks to Camera Shy for all the intel
Cheers.
Will Knot
Tone Mills (part 2) is a complete cloth finishing works, established by the Fox Brothers and Co. The Fox family's interest in woollen fabric began in the early 1700's, when Edward Fox married into the Wellington based Were family, making Fox Brothers one of the earliest entrants into the UK wool industry. The company was officially founded by Thomas Fox in Wellington 1772, after taking over the family business from his father, Edward. At this time, it is believed that the company employed up to 450 people in and around the area.
With the wool sorting, spinning, drying and weaving processes all under one roof, the Fox family were able to exert more control over quality and increase production.
The Explore...............
It was an early start to the day, meeting with Camera Shy.
We met two other great guys 'non members', Marty and Timmy and entered the buildings waitin' for sunrise inside the dyeing buildings Once we had finished there we moved on to Tonedale Mills............
I hope you enjoyed the pics from part 2 (Tonedale Mill), previous post is part 1 of Tone Mills, dyeing and fulling works from another part of the site at the opposite side of the town.
A big thanks to Camera Shy for all the intel
Cheers.Will Knot
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