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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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Philip, GeorgeThe Chambers of Commerce Atlas1925
F. S. Airey, Entwistle and Co.Mill sales catalogue1933
Ministry of LabourReport of an Enquiry into Apprenticeship and Training, 1925-26. IV. Textile and Clothing Industries. Title page.1928
United Textile Factory Workers' AssociationCommittee of Inquiry into the Cotton Industry, 1929. Title page.1929
Ascoli, W SRedundancy or Strangulation! The case for the Lancashire Cotton Industry against the Redundancy Scheme. Title page.May 1935
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G.F.Singleton & Co. AuctioneersMill sales catalogue1937
Manchester Evening NewsThe Textile Institute, Honouring service.5th May 1930
Cunliffe, Greg & Co.Memorandum and Articles of Association of Greg Brothers & Company Ltd1925
Sun Mill Company LimitedSun Mill Company share certificate, no. 97.1919
G.F.Singleton & Co. AuctioneersMill sales catalogue1932
Allen, Mellor & Co. Ltd.Mill sales catalogue1931
Macara, Sir Charles WBusiness possibilities of 1926, the case for the cotton trade1926
Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' AssociationsSuggested Advisrory Council for the Cotton Trade.17 July 1923
Economic Advisory CouncilCommittee on the Cotton Industry: Report presented to Parliament, July 1930July 1930
Economic Advisory CouncilCommittee on the Cotton Industry: Report presented to Parliament, July 1930July 1930
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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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