Bower Roebuck

Today I’m at the sewing machine making fabric tags.

Hillstone Fibre Arts are collaborating with Bower Roebuck who are celebrating 125 years of Textile Manufacturing. All our members have been given a huge bag of waste fabric and allowed to use our skills and imagination to be creative.

The company was founded in 1899 and continues to manufacture luxury cloth on the same site in New Mill today.

Come and join us on Friday 6th September between 1-7pm when they will be holding a special Heritage Open Days event to showcase their mill.

Along with Hillstone Fibre Arts displaying textile art from fabrics and waste from the mill. You can try your hand at yarn wrapping and have a go at weaving on our table loom. There will be music and competitions & local businesses will be selling food and refreshments.

Everyone welcome.

Book onto to one of our guided tours to meet our employees & see the working mill producing the world’s most luxury cloth. As well as manufacturing processes you can view the fabric archives to see how fashions have changed through the decade.

To book a free tour, follow the link on Eventbrite below.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/textile-mill-tours-at-bower-roebuck-125-years-of-textile-manufacturing-tickets-917246969377?aff=erelexpmlt











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Textile Mill Tours at Bower Roebuck - 125 years of Textile Manufacturing Book on one of our working mill tours and join in the open day activities as we celebrate 125 years of textile manufacturing in New Mill.

Bower Roebuck is celebrating 125 years of Textile Manufacturing
The company was founded in 1899 and continues to manufacture luxury cloth on the same site in New Mill today.

Come and join us on Friday 6th September between 1-7pm when we will be holding a special Heritage Open Days event to showcase our mill.

Book onto to one of our guided tours to meet our employees & see the working mill producing the world’s most luxury cloth. As well as manufacturing processes you can view the fabric archives to see how fashions have changed through the decades.

Hillstone Fibre Arts will be displaying their textile art. You can try your hand at yarn wrapping and have a go at weaving on our table loom. There will be music and competitions & local businesses will be selling food and refreshments.

Everyone welcome.

To book a free tour, follow the link on Eventbrite below.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/textile-mill-tours-at-bower-roebuck-125-years-of-textile-manufacturing-tickets-917246969377?aff=erelexpmlt

A colourful day at careers event at University of Huddersfield with other local textile manufacturers, UKFT Textile Centre of Excellence ~Woven in Kirklees

Today as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we participated in ‘Wear it Green Day’, a national fundraising day organised by the Mental Health Foundation The aim is to raise awareness amongst employees and raise money to help support those with mental health challenges. Colleagues wore green and baked a variety of treats that were enjoyed by all. Yesterday a number of us enjoyed a 'wellbeing walk' in local woodland.

Bower Roebuck is celebrating 125 years in business this year!
We have been manufacturing fabrics on site since the company was founded in 1899.
We will be taking part in Heritage Open Days in September.
If anyone has any old photos of the mill you could share with us or know of any heritage of the mill (books, newspaper articles etc) we would love to hear from you.
Please contact us at [email protected] or through our page.


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Job Vacancies
Bower Roebuck has several positions available, have a look here for full details >

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Happy International Women's day.
Celebrating the women in the UK textile industry

Merry Christmas to Everyone from the team at Bower Roebuck & Savile Clifford

As November draws to a close its time to share our ‘growth’ and wow, what a fantastic effort from all who took part in Movember this month at Bower Roebuck. Our focus has been on raising awareness for Men’s health, in particular, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, and Men’s mental health. Special thanks to who came and spoke to us earlier this month, stimulating important conversations and raising awareness about Men’s mental health. Well done to winner Patrick and runner up Sam for the best ‘tash!

Happy Halloween 🎃

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Looking for something to do this weekend?
Come along to explore all the brilliant textile innovation happening in Kirklees at the University of Huddersfield for Textile Futures !! Book online or drop in 11am - 2pm

- Tours of the fashion, textile and costume facilities
- Tours of the technical textile labs
- Free fashion workshop
- Free needle punch workshop
- Meet the Manufacturers - feel the world famous cloth woven in !

Open to all
BSL interpretation

We are all set up for Textile Futures at the University of Huddersfield today and tomorrow.
If you are considering a career in textiles and would like to learn more about the varied careers on offer, tomorrow is open to the public between 11am and 2pm.

This event is open to schools on Friday and to the public on Saturday.
Find out about the wide variety of careers in Textiles in the local area.
Bower Roebuck will be attending on both days. Come along and meet the team.

Textile Futures Trailer – WOVEN Textile Futures will bring together textile industry demonstrations, higher education tours and careers information; inform and inspire the young people in your life with the impressive textile manufacturing, science, innovation and design on our doorstep in Kirklees.

We are excited to be attending Textile Futures on 8th July!
Please come and find out about the growing number of local careers in textiles.

Want to know more about the many careers in textiles in Kirklees? Come along to Textile Futures on 8 July University of Huddersfield School of Arts and Humanities University of Huddersfield.

Visitors are welcome to drop in throughout the day (11am-2pm) to:

– Tour the fashion and textile facilities at the Barbara Hepworth Building including the graduate showcase

– Tour & observe live textile Science experiments in the Technical Textiles Research Centre, University of Huddersfield

– Explore the work of Industry Innovators, ask questions and see what is produced locally - industry partners attending include: Camira Fabrics, Wooltex UK, Bower Roebuck, Fabworks Mill Shop and Gardiner Yarns.

– Talk to textile industry professionals, University Alumni and post-16 education specialists

- Join an Arts Council England FUNDING ADVICE SESSION (12:30-13:30pm) - book your place for this.

Huge thanks to our funders and supporters including: Kirklees, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Mayor of West Yorkshire, C+K Careers, Technical Textiles Research Centre, University of Huddersfield, University of Huddersfield.

Book your place: https://woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/textile-futures/

There is some fantastic work on show at the end of year degree show at the University of Huddersfield until 24th June in the Barbara Hepworth building.
Here is some of the displayed work by our talented placement students Lucy Kershaw & Kate Ruttle.

We are looking forward to viewing the work of our talented placement students Lucy Kershaw and Kate Ruttle.
Open to the public from this weekend.

Support the University of Huddersfield grads!

From 10 June, you can visit an exhibition of work from students graduating from art, design media, music & humanities subjects.

10am - 4pm in the Barbara Hepworth Building at the university.

Find out more: https://woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/university-of-huddersfield-graduate-showcase/

Looking forward to welcoming our visitors to our tour next week during

Bower Roebuck are pleased to be part of this exciting event. We will be opening out mill on Tuesday 13th June at 11am for mill tours and a mending workshop. To book on a free tour go to the Woven in Kirklees page or find us on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bower-roebuck-behind-the-scenes-tour-tickets-592470092997?aff=erelexpmlt

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bower-roebuck-behind-the-scenes-tour-mending-workshop-tickets-592506140817?aff=erelexpmlt

Vacancy ****Percher****

We are looking for a Percher to join our Warehouse department.
The role will involve (and not limited to):

Inspecting finished pieces and identifying non-conformances
Operating inspection machines
Packing orders
Loading and unloading deliveries
Completing documentation for logging faults
Support with stock takes
Contributing towards continuous improvement

Experience in a similar role is preferred but not essential.

To apply please email your CV to [email protected]

(no agencies please)

Come and say hi!
Milan Unica
Hall 20 Stand B07
31st January – 2nd February

Bower Roebuck & Savile Clifford are leading the way in sustainability. We are one of the first weaving companies to be fully certified to produce both RMS (Responsible Mohair Standard) & RWS (Responsible Wool Standard) fabrics.
We are launching our new Spring Summer 2024 collection at Milan Unica later this month.
Our collection contains designs in both RWS and RMS and we also hold a stock service of plains in a fantastic variety of colours for instant sampling.
Please get in touch to make an appointment. [email protected]

The SS24 collection has been in the works for some time now and we excited to be returning to Milan Unica to share with our customers. We will be exhibiting our collection 31st January – 2nd February Hall 20 Stand B07.

Get in touch with us to book an appointment. Come and say hi!
[email protected]

A glimpse into the new SS 24 collection, inspired by our classic and timeless archives.
Visit us at Milan Unica, Hall 20 Stand B07 31st January – 2nd February to view our latest collection.
Contact us to arrange an appointment:
[email protected]