Scenes at the Vine Cotton Mill, Royton. Jack Smith. Cotton Mill. In the cardroom of the Vine Mill, Royton, where raw cotton is combed and cleaned of its impurities, 65 year old Ernest Armstrong is sweeping the back-fly from the floor. He has worked here for twenty years. In the background are drawing ropes and belts, used for driving the machines, hanging on the fluff-covered walls. 25/3/1946