Download or read book Cotton Mills of Preston written by Colin Dickinson and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's unique record of the mills of Preston will enthral those who worked in the mills and is a rich source of information for anyone interested in cotton mills and steam power. This invaluable book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the mills which forested Preston's skyline until the latter half of the last century. Colin Dickinson has always been fascinated by the mills, and more specifically the engines which powered them. Without these astonishing machines, mass production of cotton would not have been possible. Many years of meticulous research, supported by visits to mills and interviews with mill workers, has resulted in a book which no-one else could have written in this way. Mill after mill was demolished when King Cotton died, but the author had the foresight to photograph large numbers of them before they disappeared from view. His images stand as a permanent record of an industry and way of life that survive only in the memories of the thousands of Preston folk who worked in the mills. Decade by decade this book charts the role of steam power in the great mills of Preston during the century-and-a-half of their operation.In chronological order it lists every cotton factory to appear on the scene, presenting building dates, site layouts, constructional details, spindleage, loomage, ownerships and final closure dates. Cotton Mills of Preston: The Power Behind the Thread' will enthral those who worked in the mills and is a rich source of information for anyone interested in cotton mills and steam power.
Download or read book Preston Cotton Martyrs written by J. S. Leigh and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preston was no ordinary town during the nineteenth century. While king cotton reigned supreme throughout Lancashire, the underlying ills associated with this industry were very often highlighted particularly starkly there. This book presents an indictment of the industrial system that caused such suffering to Preston's cotton 'martyrs'.
Download or read book Mill Girls and Strangers written by Wendy M. Gordon and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth-century mill towns of Preston, England; Lowell, Massachusetts; and Paisley, Scotland, there were specific demands for migrant and female labor, and potential employers provided the necessary respectable conditions in order to attract them. Using individual accounts, this innovative and comparative study examines the migrants' lives by addressing their reasons for migration, their relationship to their families, the roles they played in the cities to which they moved, and the dangers they met as a result of their youth, gender, and separation from family. Gordon details both the similarities and differences in the women's migration experiences, and somewhat surprisingly concludes that they became financially independent, rather than primarily contributors to a family economy.
Download or read book The Cotton Spinner written by Libby Ashworth and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of the mills is about to change everything . . . If you love Catherine Cookson and Val Wood, you will love this brand new series set in the mill town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ______________________ 'Brimming with drama, heartbreak, love, friendship and the powerful bonds of family' Lancashire Post 'Engrossing tale of hardship, struggles, love and family' Kitty Neale 'Vividly drawn characters . . . gritty and heartfelt . . . a must-read' Evie Grace ______________________ Lancashire, 1826 When Jennet and Titus Eastwood are forced to move from their idyllic cottage into the centre of Blackburn to find work in the cotton mills, their lives are changed in ways they could never have imagined and their new home on Paradise Lane is anything but . . . Then Titus is arrested and sent to prison for attending a Reform meeting. Jennet is left to fend for herself and things go from bad to worse as she finds herself pregnant and alone - with another man's child . . . _________________________ **Pre-order the brand new novel in this heart-warming and uplifiting saga series, A FAMILY SECRET**
Download or read book The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike of 1914 1915 written by Gary Fink and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mill operatives walked off their jobs at Atlanta's Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills complex in the spring of 1914, initiating a strike that involved ethnic confrontations, gender divisions, social and economic reforms, regional and sectional differences, and the textile industry's rendition of the "gospel of efficiency." In this richly documented account, Gary Fink explores the year-long strike that followed, using the reports of labor spies who were paid by management to gather information about striking employees and to disrupt union organizing activities.
Download or read book History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain written by Edward Baines and published by London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher & F. Jackson, [pref.1835]. This book was released on 1835 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Preston written by David Hunt and published by Gardners Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a century and a half Preston was the archetypal Lancashire cotton town, with mills and terraced houses for the workers. Charles Dickens used Preston as the darkest face of Victorian industry in his novel Hard Times. This book tells the complete story of Preston's development from earliest times onwards.
Download or read book The Arkwrights written by R. S. Fitton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Arkwright was born in Preston in 1732. He married Patience Holt in 1755 and had a son, Richard, in the same year. After Patience's death in 1756, he married Margaret Biggens in 1761. He passed away in 1792, and was buried at Smelting Mill Green, close to Cromford Bridge.
Download or read book Thomas Allom 1804 1872 written by Diana Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Preston written by Atticus and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire 1600 1780 written by Alfred P. Wadsworth and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Horrockses Fashions written by Christine Boydell and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horrockses Fashion was one of the most respected ready-to-wear labels of the 1940s and '50s. This book tells the story of the iconic label, illustrating its role in the history of the British high street, while exploring the connections between couture and ready-to-wear fashions in the post-war decades.
Download or read book Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine written by Edwin Waugh and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preston Court Leet Records written by Preston (Lancashire, England). Court Leet and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Textile Recorder written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Journal of the Society of Arts written by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
