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Children in the labour force - MOT00365
'Little piecers' in the mule room at Mons Mill, c.1910. Walter Stott, seated on the right in the middle row, went to work as a half timer at the age of 12.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Children in the Labour Force - MOT00364
The half timer's certificate issued to John Barnes on the day of his twelfth birthday.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Children in the labour force - MOT00363
Boys at Roomfield School, about 1906. The boy at the front of the first line on the left is Walter Stott.
Waterside Mill 1858 - MOT00361
Safety notice in Waterside Works.
Waterside School - MOT00360
Letter of thanks by schoolchild of Waterside School, 1841
Waterside School - MOT00359
Letter from Henry Hirst, Bobbin Doffer, to John Fielden. Waterside School 1841.
Waterside School
December 27 1841
Mr John Fielden,
Since I came to this School I have improved much but especially since John Fielden came who is our School…
Waterside School
December 27 1841
Mr John Fielden,
Since I came to this School I have improved much but especially since John Fielden came who is our School…
Waterside School - MOT00358
Letter from schoolchild at Waterside School to John Fielden, 1841, thanking him for their education.
Waterside School
December 27 1841
Mr John Fielden,
Since I came to this School I have improved much but especially since John Fielden came…
Waterside School
December 27 1841
Mr John Fielden,
Since I came to this School I have improved much but especially since John Fielden came…
The Curse of the Factory System by John Fielden, M.P. for Oldham. - MOT00357
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory workers were employed, whether they were children or adults.
By the early 1820s several attempts had been made to introduce…
By the early 1820s several attempts had been made to introduce…
Welfare Matters for Children - MOT00356
Extract from "The Curse of the Factory System" by 'Honest John' Fielden, describing the child laboour situation in the 1830s.
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
Statue of John Fielden M.P. in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden - MOT00355
In memory of his activities, a statue was originally erected by Todmorden Town Hall in 1875. It was then moved to Fielden Square in 1890. It was moved to its present location in Centre Vale Park in 1939.
Welfare - MOT00354
Ten Hours Bill Medal
Todmorden Herald - MOT00351
Dickie Dewhirst, proprietor of the Todmorden Herald, outside his shop (now the Border Bookshop), Halifax Road, Todmorden. The last issue of the Herald was published on 3rd April, 1912.
Todmorden Herald. - MOT00350
November 22 1905.
Todmorden Herald/Advertiser - MOT00349
Printing estimates/invoices
Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00111
The current Editor (2014) of the Todmorden News and Hebden Bridge Times, John Greenwood, pictured centre.
Todmorden News and Advertiser - MOT00110
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Proof Reading the Todmorden News - MOT00109
Editor, Pat Swift, puts another book to bed.
Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00108
Newsroom, Waddington's 1953 - The newsroom at Waddington's, printers and publishers of the Todmorden News & Advertiser. The picture is one of a series taken in 1953, the centenary year of the newspaper, to show the workings of the organisation.…
Printing the Todmorden News in the 1950s - MOT00107
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Todmorden Rope Workers - MOT00345
The date and location of the photograph are unknown.
