Interview with Ruth Monaghan, net braider in Fleetwood, dated 11 May 2001.

Interview with Ruth Monaghan, net braider in Fleetwood, dated 11 May 2001.
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Lancashire Archives and Local History, North West Sound Archive - 2001.0567
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Interview with Ruth Monaghan, net braider in Fleetwood, dated 11 May 2001.
General notes
Ruth describes making fishing nets in a braiding works. She mentions net braiding companies such as Gourock, Boston, Coldsall and Malcolm Cook. Ruth describes the process of making the net before being sent to the tar shop for tarring. Ruth talks of an incident when a man died from falling into a tar boiler.
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