Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills by Ron Freethy

Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills by Ron Freethy

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A nostalgic look back at the county's cotton industry. Includes the workers' recollections and anecdotes, the events, both happy and tragic and the jobs and what they entailed. Profusely illustrated with both old and recent photographs.

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Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills by Ron Freethy

Lancashire was once the Cotton Capital of the world. Raw cotton came in to Liverpool docks and was sold on the Exchange. In the beginning, it was then transported to cottages all over the county where whole families, including the children, would clean, card, spin and weave it. The finished cloth was then sold on the Manchester Exchange. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution new machines saw the work transferred from home to factory. It was said that Lancashire could produce enough cotton before breakfast to supply the UK market, with the remainder of the day's supply going overseas. Read the first hand accounts from local people, and look at the remarkable collection of contemporary photographs.
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ISBN 13 9781846741043
ISBN 10 1846741041
Titel Memories of the Lancashire Cotton Mills
Autor Ron Freethy
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Countryside Books
Erscheinungsjahr 2008-10-09
Seitenanzahl 144
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