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pre 1760 - Before the factory
1760-1820 - The Rise of the factory
1820-1860 - The Age of the Factory
1861-1865 - Lancashire Cotton Famine
1866-1896 - Victorian Golden Age
1897-1914 - Indian Summer
1914-1939 - Boom & bust
1940 The Long Decline
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Baillie, Rev. JohnWhat I saw in Lancashire...A plea for the distressed operatives. Page 5.1862
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Baillie, Rev. JohnWhat I saw in Lancashire... A plea for the distressed operatives. Dedication page.1862
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A Lancashire Lady. (E. J. Bellasis)Songs of Distress. The Smokeless Chimney. Page 257.1867
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Hall, NeddyThe Sootpoke Stayley Bridge: the first cotton mill built in Lancashirec.1920
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Jones, ErnestThe Slaveholder's War1863
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Cunliffes, Brooks and Co.Droylsden Relief Fund for the Cotton Famine1862-93
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Hyde Relief BoardHyde [Cotton Famine] Relief Board LedgerJanuary 1863 - May 1866
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Derby, Rt. Hon. Earl ofDistress in Lancashire: Speech of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Derby, K.G.1862
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Daily NewsThe Distress in Lancashire, from our Special Correspondent, September 24, 1862.1862
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Daily NewsThe Stalybridge Riots, from our Special Correspondent, March 24, 18631863
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Daily NewsThe Stalybridge Riots (London, Wednesday, March 25 1863).1863
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Daily NewsA Voice from Lancashire: The Cotton Trade is Dead!1863
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Illustrated TimesCotton famine riots at Stalybridge4th April 1863
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Williams, MauriceThe Cotton Trade of 1861 and 186226 February 1863
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Johnson, R. E.The Facts of the Cotton Famine. Graph showing fluctuations in the number of persons relieved in six of the unions of the distressed cotton districts. 1862 - 64.1866
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Image: Cottage Industry; a man using a weaving loom, pre 1800 Image: Spinning engraving by J.R. Barfoot, published 1835-40
Image: child working inside a weaving shed, c1910 Image: a drawing of Watts Warehouse in Manchester, built 1858
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