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Collie, Doug: Transcribed interviewEntry/Object ID
2021.08.29Scope and Content
VIDEO INTERVIEW - video available
Interviewer: Roberta Murant
Interview Date: August 9, 2013
Doug Collie was a grandson of the owners of the Collie mill. He was born in Almonte. Doug worked in the Rosamond mill for a summer where he helped set up a new production line for non-woven fabric. He explaines what non- woven fabric is, how it was made and how it was used in the automotive industry.
In the interview he talks about how and why his family bought the Humphrey mill in New Brunswick. He explains the process of printing patterns on textiles and the type of printing they would do. He also talks about relations between the mills and their customers, how orders were created and fulfilled.
Doug worked in the dye house where he would dye all material which was used in the Appleton mill. He explains the dying process, and how some colours were harder to create than others. The dye house was expaneded from 3 to 7 dye vats while he was there and they improved the equipment to make the process more efficient.
His family also owned Tayside Textiles in Perth and he talks about how all the textile mills they owned worked together and made material for eachother. He also mentions the fire at the Appleton mill.
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Rosamond Mill, Collie Mill.
Doug is the grandson of the original owners of the Collie Mill. He worked on the carding machine at the Rosamond Mill, and in the dye house at the Collie Mill. He discussed the printing machine, colour mixing, the Appleton fire, and Tayside Textiles. His father was instrumental in the founding of the museum.
No video recording available. Interviewer Roberta Murant
Conducted August 9, 2013?Collection
Mill Workers Memory ProjectCataloged By
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