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Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. For more information about the films of Mit...  
 
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OrganistGreg (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Can't believe all those child workers working in the mills :(
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ahmed742 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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"Alas! if I could visit them and could tell them that how much advancement has been made in the filed of science and technology". would be the wordings of people after 1000 years.
sabbath000eddy (2 months ago) Show Hide
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It's not strange for me. Not at all
crystaltipps04 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Fantastic footage ....amazingly clear!
marvy1118 (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Poor kids had to work long days in the mills.
ant697 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Why do the women in these films have blankets wrapped around their heads? Is it somthing to do with having to have their heads covered?
FaerieCrone (8 months ago) Show Hide
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It was cold and damp. It has nothing to do with any kind of religious law. It was just the way women dressed back then.
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no it was just the dress code in them days. if you look at photos of the american west of the 1800s it was the same men wore caps or hats women wore shawls
SteffanLlwyd (9 months ago) Show Hide
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Of the thousands of people I have met through my work, I never met two who were the same. No matter how many walk past the camera, all would be different... and interesting, with stories to tell.

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