Pits and Looms - Softcover

Riley, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1874712646 ISBN 13: 9781874712640

Publisher: P.& D.Riley, 2003

Synopsis

In this book we take a look at two these industrial giants, mining and cotton, through a unique and fascinating collection of photographs showing the depth and intricacies of the work involved in getting the coal from the coal face to the customer, and getting raw cotton to the mills and outputting it in the shape of garments.

They worked hard in the pits and at the loom and none more than the lads and lasses of Lancashire. This book is a tribute to them all!

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Riley is the author and editor of numerous local history titles, including Wythenshawe A Bygone Era (with Susan Hall) ; Wythenshawe Hall and the Tatton family ; Heaton Hall and the Egerton Family ; A History of Peel Hall (with Susan Hall) ; A Short History of Culcheth (with Oscar Plant) ; The Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper ; Place to Place ; Stockton Heath A Bygone Era ; Culcheth A Bygone Era ; Lowton A Bygone Era ; Knutsford A Bygone Era ; Bury A Bygone Era ; Leigh, Tyldesley and Atherton A Bygone Era ; Newton-le-Willows A Bygone Era; Hyde A Bygone Era ; Newton-le-Willows in Bygone Days ; A History of Leigh ; A History of Atherton ; A History of Tyldesley ; A History of Astley ; A History of Bolton ; A History of Widnes ; A History of Flixton; Then and Now (Leigh); Warrington Then and Now; Manchester Then & Now.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Lancashire, the heart of British industrial might for a century and a half, was home to hundreds of coal mines and cotton or textile mills. These two major industries contributed to the growth of the once mighty British Empire, made major inroads into providing a chunk of cash to the American economy during the 19th century, and saw the tiny British Isles emerge as the most powerful and richest country on earth.

The coal mining industry provided employment for millions, either directly through the pits or through such spin-off companies as coal merchants, while the mills provided steady if sometimes dangerous work for tens of thousands of men, women and children, whose products were the envy of the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: P.& D.Riley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1874712646
• ISBN 13: 9781874712640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36