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THE WATER-SPINNERS

by Chris Aspin

Published by Helmshore Local History Society. 1st. 2003

Slightly better than very good condition. A new look at the early cotton trade. A history of the cotton mill, the thousands who laboured for long hours, the nimble fingers of young children that kept the water-frames that spun the thread constantly in motion. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and maps.

Light vertical crease to spine, spine lightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper.One instance of annotation in ink to margin of page 253 else contents clean.

ISBN: 0906881137
Stock no. 1828020

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Contents

  • Preface
  • The quest begins
  • Arkwright's impact
  • Pioneers
  • Making a Start
  • "New and curious machinery"
  • Unforseen problems
  • Greater Manchester
  • The Peels
  • The Pennines
  • The River Darwen
  • Bolton to Preston
  • Wyresdale and Brock Bottoms
  • The Lune Valley
  • Mills by the sea
  • Literary interlude
  • South Cumbria and the Isle of Man
  • Settle and Skipton
  • The Dales
  • List of Mills
  • Appendix 1: Colquhoun's census
  • Appendix 2: The cotton trade in 1797
  • Appendix 3: An apprentice girl's story
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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