Workers starve in Blackburn, the 1826 trade slumpWorkers starve in Blackburn, the 1826 trade slump
Lead image from a drawing by Dorothy Tennant (1855-1926). Two hundred years ago handloom weavers were in extreme distress in[...]
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The Lost Mills Of Great HarwoodThe Lost Mills Of Great Harwood
For such a small town Great Harwood was once well endowed with mills, most of which have now gone. However,[...]