My Dad was Head Carder at Peel Mills in the 1950s and early 60s. I went there about 2005 and there were still two of the original mills intact and I took lots of photographs of them. The area in front used to be a lovely field with a road down to the river. I visited the mills several times as a kid. The main thing I remember is the noise - everyone had to shout to converse. But there was nothing satanic about them - the workers were very happy and friendly.
Good to hear it, interestingly Robert Peel made his money from a part child labour force, but later in life was a driving force in working practice reforms, such as the 1819 Factory Act which outlawed the employment of children under the age of 9 working in the mills, the act also limited the working hours of the older children to 12 hours a day.
My Dad was Head Carder at Peel Mills in the 1950s and early 60s. I went there about 2005 and there were still two of the original mills intact and I took lots of photographs of them. The area in front used to be a lovely field with a road down to the river. I visited the mills several times as a kid. The main thing I remember is the noise - everyone had to shout to converse. But there was nothing satanic about them - the workers were very happy and friendly.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it, interestingly Robert Peel made his money from a part child labour force, but later in life was a driving force in working practice reforms, such as the 1819 Factory Act which outlawed the employment of children under the age of 9 working in the mills, the act also limited the working hours of the older children to 12 hours a day.
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