The Bobbin and Shuttle

 
The
Bobbin & Shuttle
Telling the Story
of the
Southern Cotton
Mill People

Before the last whistle blows, a keepsake of memory and history for our children and the future


Call it a linthead literary movement, a sort of mill hill renaissance. There’s a grass roots effort underway to save the history and heritage of Southern cotton mill culture.

"Equestrian purists have ‘The Horse and Hound.’ Domestic divas have ‘Martha Stewart Living.’ Now legions of mill people have a magazine of their own...The Boobin & Shuttle."

Jason Cato, The Herald
Rock Hill, South Carolina
January 16, 2005

A new publication preserving a critical piece of history made its public debut this month. The magazine-format "Bobbin & Shuttle" includes over a score of feature articles by mill town authors, portraying the ordinary and extraordinary lives of those who tended machines but also built strong families, packed churches and unique neighborhoods. Within its color cover are 64 pages of photos and stories about mill town Christmas parades, weaver’s tools, iron skillets, "outlaw" baseball and the many uses of Karo buckets.

Order Info:
"The Bobbin & Shuttle" magazine is available with a donation of $3 plus $2 s/h (up to 9 copies; postage thereafter.) Bulk bundles of 25 or more may be distributed by historical societies, museums, merchants or others and they may retain $1 on each copy. Make checks payable to:

Textile Heritage Center
Box 667, 131 Church Street
Cooleemee, NC 27014