Genealogy Chat

Thank you all very much. I have lots of weavers in my tree, I've never come across the term before. Very interesting.

kind regards
Welshbird x

From old occupations site:-

Fustian Cutter / Weaver - A person who lifted and cut the threads in the making of Fustian, formerly a kind of coarse cloth made of cotton and flax. Now a thick, twilled cotton cloth with a short pile or nap, a kind of cotton velvet. A long thin knife was inserted into the loops and the threads cut as it was pulled through, stretched between rollers. The cloth was then brushed to raise the pile. Fustian is the old name for corduroy / A weaver of Fustian

Fustian Loom Jobber - Otherwise known as a Tackler, he serviced and maintained the Fustian looms

Kath. x

As JC says, fustian was a heavy twilled cotton fabric - it included corduroy and moleskin, like the miners used to wear. I've only heard of miners wearing moleskin trousers, never seen the things - maybe it's like the moleskin patches you wear when you're hiking and you've got a blister coming on
http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/HikingCamping/HealthSafety/FirstAidSupplies/PRD~4005-995/dr.-scholls-moleskin-roll.jsp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fustian

Hi All, I came across this term of employment on the Lancashire OPC. Does any one know what a 'Fustian man' was.

regards
Welshbird x