PerthshireCrieffStrathearn Local History

Thanks to the Weavers ! If it wasna for the weavers, what would ye do? Ye wouldna hae your cloth that's made o woo. Ye wouldna hae your cloak neither black nor blue If it wasna for the wark o the weavers! Linen had been a major industry in Scotland for hundreds of years; by 1684 an estimated 12,000 people were employed its manufacture. The industry was stimulated by an act of the Scottish  Parliament of 1686 stipulating that everyone had to be buried in linen winding sheets made from materials which had been grown, spun and woven in Scotland

                           Weaving in Auchterarder                             Growth and demise of hand loom weaving and the mills of the town  Hand loom weavers                                                                           Parish Church of Old                                                                                                                ( only the tower                                                                                                          remains )       Ruthvenvale Mill    Cottage weaving was widespread throughout Perthshire. In the western area weavers were supplied by local agents with material from Glasgow manufacturers. In the eastern area the cottage industry was mainly cotton, the weavers being supplied with material from Dundee . At one time flax was grown locally, but b