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Wilson Bros Fire Brigade - After numerous disastrous fires at their Cornholme bobbin works (the mill was rebuilt twice following fire destruction), Wilson Bros formed their own fire brigade which also attended domestic as well as mill fires…

Woodhouse Mill, built in 1832, was sited directly alongside the Rochdale Canal to take advantage of the transport facilities and process water. The small engine house can be seen on the left of the mill. The chimney was detached from the mill in…

Woodhouse Mill, seen from the towing path of the Rochdale Canal, c. 1906. The three-storey terrace of houses was called Bank View. The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom…

Cotton spinning agreement 1928 as to Fencing of Machinery &c.

Sick note 1883

Sick note 1882

Notice signed Edward B Fielden : Keeping the Mills running in the difficult General Situation.