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The tools they are holding seem to have a slight curve at the end and look like they might be carpet making tools. The first two ladies at the front are also wearing protective leathers straps on their right wrists.

Hi there Heather from another Heather it looks like clippers, maybe a single needle for working up a ladder when the thread broke and a hand wool winder everyone would have probably worked in the same area but had a different task on the machines in the area. I actually worked in a knitting mill a couple of times in New Zealand thought it was really neat to have a chance to experience what my ancestors had done in the past gives you more of an idea of the skills they needed although our conditions and pay were a lot better. My Information is on WikiTree if you care to look I am sure we must have some relatives in common as my Rea, Stewart, Dickson, Morrison, MacDonald, Burns, Milne and other families appear to have been resident weavers in that district Forfar Aberdeen Angus, Dundee and Perthshire for at least 500 years I would be surprised if we didn't have some relatives in common. I have had a DNA done and lots of matches connected to my Scottish grandmother whose Dad was Nicol Rea so fingers crossed I would be surprised if we were not cousins. Heather Barford

Hi there if you are still an active member do you mind looking to see if there are any grave inscriptions for Campbell.
Thank you

It certainly pays to check your old listings information that you discarded in the past can come in very useful a few years down the track.

Thank you
Heather

When I visited the UK with my grandmother in 1949 and 1956 we spent a lot of time with a family called Cunningham they lived in the same building as my ggreat uncle David Brodie who died in 1953 I called them aunty Kathy and uncle Archie they had two daughters the eldest Kathie I think was about 8/10 years older than me and married a John Smith shifting to live in London. The younger one may have been called Margaret' and I think did Highland dancing she came to New Zealand to live for a couple of years probably in the very early 60's her husband and two little boys he had a job as a truck driver for the Dairy factory in Dannevirke. I have actually tried for years to find this family I wondered if someone could look on the Dundee electoral roll to see how long they stayed there or if they shifted. It would be nice to contact Kathy who was so patient with me spending time that I appreciated, but I just feel time is running out to find or meet with them again.

Cheers Heather Douglas

Hi there again
 I seem to have got a bit muddled in the fact that I thought Burgess was the name of James wife's family, it is said when we hear or listen to something we tie it in with our present knowledge and the term here is foreign and shows a cultural difference, the same category would be Councillor. As we know quite a few people with the surname Burgess this is what I presumed.
 
If I can make a joke, perhaps they all attended the same Christmas Party.
However seeing the baby was so young maybe it was feared it might die.
 
I think perhaps in the sixties we all had an over supply of churches the job description seems to have altered since then. If one didn't turn up at church the minister besides making his customarily calls would be on the doorstep or rather having afternoon or morning tea to find out why? Now a lot of church duties have been taken over by celebrants or government trained offices. The people going to church seem to be mainly older and to attract people they have to be right out there with additional practices and services. Funny enough the street where I live has/had the manses of all the churches in the city, which was once an island and around the edge of the settled area each church staked out their territory and on the top of the hill the three connecting small streets each had a manse connected to a church with pathways or steps down the hill.
I suppose Guilds are what we call Unions now the representatives here would live in the poorest part of town. Trades people are considered middle class,or even better class and would live in a higher part of town. Doctors, lawyers and accountants would be interspersed among them and the farmers which have always been the background of our country outside the city area, but when they retired at an advanced age they sold their farm or handed it over to a family member, they bought a house in the upper suburbs then did the big OE returning to settle down and then joined some charity organization to have somewhere to go on a regular basis to meet with others from the same field, contribute to society and generally feel good about life after work.

My mothers family however have over a thousand years of ministry and missionary in their family tree and a lot of them quite elderly are still carrying on the good work. However I don't believe that you have to belong to an official religion to be a reasonably good person and help others to the best of your ability. 

Perhaps Chris has discovered an answer or has moved on.