Awful boiler explosion at Bingley, Yorkshire
The destruction of a bobbin mill, 1869
The destruction of a bobbin mill, 1869
A strike ballad, probably from the Preston Lock Out 1853/54 [026Synopsis]
A ballad sold to raise funds by spinners put out of work by machinery.[070Synopsis]
Destruction of the Mill by the Luddites 1812
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Complaint about fines and tolls on wages and rallying call to stand together against them. [318Synopsis]
The destruction of a bobbin mill, 1869
A weaver describes the railway - notes that it has depressed stage coach trade - but expects new railways to benefit weavers. [199Synopsis]
A strike ballad, probably from the Preston Lock Out 1853/54 [026Synopsis]
A ballad sold to raise funds by spinners put out of work by machinery.[070Synopsis]
A young man sets out to seek his fortune in Bolton. He becomes an overlooker and fights for and wins the hand of a factory maid. [079Synopsis]
Young man says he will weave by steam for the sake of love. His father thinks factory girls inferior
Heroine is left pregnant by man who goes off with a steam loom weaver. [128Synopsis]
The burning of Grimshaws Mill, Manchester containing steam powered looms in 1792
Social disruption arising from introduction of powerloom.
A handloom weaver's lament for hard times. [198Synopsis]
Steam loom weavers working conditions. Textiles moved by railway.
The Preston Strikers of 1853-54 demand a 10% wage rise [662Synopsis]
Erotic encounter using steam looms and steam engines as extended metaphors
Strikers song from Haslingden, Lancashire from the time of the Preston Lockout