Digital Image of the Fletcher Jones Ball.fletcher jones, factory, ball, water tower

Two colour digital Images showing the Former Fletcher Jones Factory ball with cross. fletcher jones, factory, ball, water tower, cross, warrnambool

Colour photograph of the Ball on top of the Fletcher Jones building in Warrnambool.fletcher jones, warrnambool, factory, heritage, silver ball, fletcher jones ball

Digital Image of the former Fletcher Jones Factory, with ball water tower.fletcher jones, warrnambool, night, factory, water tower

Colonel Kenneth Ball, 3173483, HQ 3 Division, Medical.1. Jacket - Wool/Polyester - Khaki, yellow metal buttons, Insignia pips and badges, ribbons. 2. Trousers - wool 70%, Polyester 30% Kahki.Embroidered Australian Army Riding Sun on Upper sleeves.uniform, army

This object is used to wind yarn ,typically wool from a skein or hank into a ball from which it can be worked into the required garment. The skein is placed around the four pegs on the ends of each arm and wound from this into a ball. The movable arm facilitate easier winding of the yarn. It is thought that this may have come from Fletcher Jones factory where it was probably used more to rewind cotton onto reels. Either use is possible.This item or those similar would have been a well used tool in many households before the time of woollen yarn being purchased in balls. As such it has social and historical significance as well as being useful as an item to create discussion.Square wooden base with bevelled edge and central post from which is screwed two wooden strips of wood. A shorter piece of wood is riveted to each end of these two pieces and these have dowel running upright from each end. The top section is movable and can be extended or contracted as required. Light brown in colour.165 on sticker on bottom.warrnambool, wool winder, skein winder, fletcher jones

David Fletcher Jones (1895-1977) was a travelling hawker who opened a business in Liebig Street, Warrnambool in 1924. In 1931 he opened The Man's Shop at the corner of Liebig Street and Koroit Street. He sold suits and overcoats tailored in the work rooms upstairs. In 1948 his factory known as Pleasant Hill was opened in Flaxman Street in Warrnambool, the site of an old quarry. In 1951 the company Fletcher Jones and Staff was formed with the staff owning 51% of the shares, By the 1970s Fletcher Jones and Staff had become one of the largest clothing companies in Australia with 55 shops and 3000 employees. In 1992 the Warrnambool City Council bought the factory and gardens with the site now a tourist attraction. Although the name is retained today for trading purposes the original Fletcher Jones company has been dissolved. The screen is a representation of the Fletcher Jones factory post 1967. It a wool tapestry by Martin Prider who was a painter and caretaker what the Fletcher Jones factory. He lived in one of the Fletcher Jones cottages on site. (Robin Boyd Age Small Homes Scheme, today Heritage listed.)This is an interesting memento of the Fletcher Jones company and the factory. It was done by a local resident and features the famous Fletcher Jones gardensTapestry fire screen in a rectangular light timber frame depicting the Fletcher Jones Factory Gardens. The screen has two timber feet, non relective glass and appears to be a wool tapestry. The image of the gardens is after 1967 as the silver ball is included and that was erected in 1967. Nilfletcher jones company and warrnambool factory, pleasant hill warrnambool, martin prider, fletcher jones, tapestry of fletcher jones factory

The famous Fletcher Jones clothing factory boasted a beautiful garden for the use of its workers. After the factory closed the building and gardens were retained.Colour photograph of the Fletcher Jones Gardens, Warrnambool. This image includes the silver ball (water tank). fletcher jones, warrnambool, factory, gardens, heritage, silver ball

Colour photograph of an illuminated cross at the Fletcher Jones factory, Warrnambool.fletcher jones, warrnambool, factory, heritage, silver ball, illuminated cross

Small folded dance card which belonged to Jean Jones. Cards were for the City of Bendigo Mayoral Ball, June 4th 1964, by The Mayor & Mayoress Cr. A. S. & Mrs. Craig. Cards are white with blue printing. At the top is the City of Bendigo crest. Mayoral Ball is printed in gold. Each card has a blue cord attached and one has a small blue, red and white pencil attached to the cord. On the inside is the names of twenty dances and five of them have the name of a partner written beside them. The other card only has Mayoral Ball Dance Programmes belong to my mother Jean Jones written on the back.City of Bendigoevent, recreation, ball dance, john jones collection - mayoral ball dance cards, cr a s & mrs craig, gael weibgen, ruth glover, jill watt, jeanette bolton, jeanette tredinnick, rosemarie harvey, leonie hocking, kay nelson, tony truscott, bruce white, kenneth millar, geoffrey brown, brian osborn, frank marcollo, john comer, brian fletcher, jean jones