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Archive Tours for Heritage Open Days 2022!
9th September 2022 @ 11:00 am - 11th September 2022 @ 4:00 pm
This is your opportunity to see a unique collection and hear the stories of the Mill and the workers who made our textile heritage!
Dating from 1829, Sunny Bank Mills was an important woollen & worsted mill, with an interesting history. It is still owned by the family who helped found the mill in late Georgian times. The unique collection at Sunny Bank Mills Archive will be open, containing a complete record of cloth samples woven at the mill since the 1880s; an inspiration for all. The atmospheric mills still contain artefacts to take you back in time to the days it employed over 900 people spinning and weaving some of the finest cloth in the world, here in Yorkshire.
In an exploration into the Heritage Open Day 2022 theme of Astounding Inventions, Sunny Bank Mills will be sharing Fancies, Feelers & Fents. From the development of synthetic dyes to the design and development of machinery big and small. Come and find out more, explore and play.
You can also explore this unique collection through our exciting virtual tour of the site and a 360-degree experience of the Archive and collection. Accessible through our website over the festival.
ACCESS -The Archive is accessible but has uneven floors due to old nature of mill buildings.
FREE ENTRY, BOOKING ESSENTIAL.
PLEASE NOTE – this booking is for the Archive visit only. Heritage Tours of the site are also available over the Heritage Weekend, press the button below to book.