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Category: Industrial Revolution

By Clanmother Posted on January 10, 2020

Teatime at Hull Minster

I am always amazed by serendipity. Two thoughts came together for me today at approximately the same time.  The first was when I was rummaging through my photo archives to … Continue reading Teatime at Hull Minster

Categories: Industrial Revolution, SPCA, Tea, William WilberforceTags: Hull Minster, Princess Catherine of Braganza, RSPCA, SPCA, Tea, William Wilberforce
By Clanmother Posted on December 20, 2015March 26, 2017

Christmas 1843 – The Gift That Keeps on Giving

“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in … Continue reading Christmas 1843 – The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Categories: Charles Dickens, Christmas, Industrial Revolution, The Value of LifeTags: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
By Clanmother Posted on December 4, 2015March 26, 2017

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?

“I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.” Dr. David Livingstone Words hold power by generating an emotional response.   For me, the word “resilience” has become one of … Continue reading Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?

Categories: Clanmother, Dr. David Livingstone, Explorers, Industrial RevolutionTags: Blantyre, Dr. Livingstone, Industrial Revolution
By Clanmother Posted on October 14, 2015March 26, 2017

Outliers & The Man from Wales

“To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate”. (The Social System, 1826) From the … Continue reading Outliers & The Man from Wales

Categories: Adventures, Ethics, Industrial Revolution, Robert Owen, The Value of Life, TransitionsTags: New Lanark, Robert Owen, Sir Richard Arkwright
By Clanmother Posted on September 23, 2015March 26, 2017

All the Children

“The smallest child in the factories were scavengers……they go under the machine, while it is going……….it is very dangerous when they first come, but they become used to it.” Charles … Continue reading All the Children

Categories: Adventures, Clanmother, Ethics, Industrial Revolution, The Value of Life, TransitionsTags: Child Labour, Cotton Mills, Industrial Revolution
By Clanmother Posted on December 14, 2014March 26, 2017

Mighty Machines

Mark Frauenfeder, Editor-in-chief, Make, wrote the “The spinning wheel made England into a powerhouse.”  The spinning wheel in question, however, was not a home-style spinning wheel that resided in a … Continue reading Mighty Machines

Categories: Adventures, Ethics, Industrial Revolution, The Value of Life, TransitionsTags: Cotton Mills, Industrial Revolution, Sir Richard Arkwright, Textile Machines

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