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Bolton in Samuel Crompton's time

Description of Bolton in Samuel Crompton's time; description of the town education, mill breaking, Samuel Crompton's childhood and early inventions
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CreatorSparke, Archibald
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Date created1927
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Manufacturer/PublisherEmmott and Co Ltd
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Holding organisationQuarry Bank Mill
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Accession number5E Box 31
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Associated Objects
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Image: an operative tending a beaming machine at Lily Mills, Shaw in the 1950s Image: Row of Terraced Houses in Ancoats, Manchester
Image: Manchester marchers during the General Strike,1926 Image: Lap-frame engraving by J.R. Barfoot, published 1835-40
Image: illustration of a worker at a Bleach Mill, c.1780 Image: Female Millworker, 1930s
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