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

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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 Mitchell and Kenyon see http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/mk/

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You can watch over 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - http://www.bfi.org.uk/mediatheque

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  • While watching this film its strange to think that even if the little children lived to a hundred they would still be long dead by now.

  • 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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  • @1860george

    he grew up got married and died

  • Has anyone else noticed how, in all these films, that there are no overweight or obese people? Compare that to what you would see in filming a typical scene like this today....

  • @farmerne yeah the bow legged man is your grandad,he is bow legged because he has that much cock up his arse

  • @1860george the boy is grinning because he has just shagged your grandmother up the arse you silly cunt,he is your grandad.

  • A great scene of pre-Islamic Britain.

  • My grandmother wore a shawl like these women.

  • This is the year my Grandfather aged 6 wandered down to the recruitment office in his night shirt and volunteered to go and fight in the Boer War!! He was carried home to Mum!

  • The bow legs are a result of rickets, a condition caused by poor nutrition.

  • @bbcisrubbish Yes. At 0:27 on the extreme right of the frame there is a man who is very bow-legged.

  • @kennethj1956 NO most women covered their head, back than!

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