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Bury U3A, Cottonopolis Textile Group, April 2020
Bury U3A, Cottonopolis Textile Group, April 2020
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Research by Martin James into the family history of Joseph Bridge
A summary appears in the booklet 'Work, Health and the Poor Law', but here it is in its complete form: Joseph Bridge
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Research by Martin James into the family history of Joseph Bridge
A summary appears in the booklet 'Work, Health and the Poor Law', but here it is in its complete form: Joseph Bridge
More resources
This article by Bolton local historian Denis McCann is a good read: Causes of the Cotton Famine, D. McCann, March 2019
This is the source of many of the quotations used in Denis McCann's article: www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/84-4-Henderson.pdf
This article by Bolton local historian Denis McCann is a good read: Causes of the Cotton Famine, D. McCann, March 2019
This is the source of many of the quotations used in Denis McCann's article: www.hslc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/84-4-Henderson.pdf
The terms of trade between the UK and British India 1858-1947 by Dennis R. Appleyard in Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 54, No. 3 (April 2006), pp. 635-654
The History of the US Textile Industry by Thomas Copeland, 1917, via Project Gutenberg
More notes and jottings
Egyptian and Indian Cotton
Sea Island cotton
Food and nutrition during the Cotton Famine (Oddy, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 68-86)
The History of the US Textile Industry by Thomas Copeland, 1917, via Project Gutenberg
More notes and jottings
Egyptian and Indian Cotton
Sea Island cotton
Food and nutrition during the Cotton Famine (Oddy, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Feb., 1983), pp. 68-86)