Historical information

Part of a collection of books, manuals, photographs, letters and clothing relating to the working life of Stuart Ascough.

Stuart's career in the wool industry spanned over 43 years from 1960 to 2003 in various roles including Topmaking Plant Manager at Courtaulds Ltd. in Spennymore, U.K., Operations Manager at Port Phillip Mills in Williamstown Victoria, Marketing Executive, Early Stage Wool Processing at the International Wool Secretariat Melbourne, Australia and General Manager of Victoria Wool Processors Pty. Ltd. in Laverton North, Victoria.

Throughout his career Stuart travelled extensively, and in the 1990s worked at many topmaking mills in China on quality improvement projects. He also provided technical advice and training at mills in India, Ukraine, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Latvia, Byelorussia and other parts of Europe and Asia.

Physical description

Cassette tape featuring image of a woman in black and white clothing.

Inscriptions & markings

front: Talking Wool / Brought to you by / PURE NEW WOOL / AWRAP / ANZ
spine: Talking Wool / August / 1994 / 5
back: Contents / SIDE ONE / AWRAP and IWS Intergrate Activities / by Mac Drysdale, Chairman, AWRAP, / Chairman, IWS / Changes to Quality Arrangements / by John O'Connor, General Manager, / International Market Development, AWARP / Pitti Filati Yarn Fair, Florence / by Terry Hennessey, General Manager, / National Marketing, AWRAP / Menswear in the US / by Judith Pinder, Associate Product Manager, / Menswear, IWS - Americas / SIDE TWO / Review of R & D Functions / by Mac Drysdale, Chairman, AWRAP / China Wool Product / by Bill Jones, Co-ordinator AWRAP/AIDAB / (Australian International Development Assistance / Bureau) China Wool Project / AWRAP in India / by Stuart Ascough, International Market Executive / (Early Stage Processing) / Produced by SG Communications Pty Limited. / ACN 063 021 796 © Copyright