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Cotton Town: Your Town, Your History

Themes

The Handloom Era: Domestic Textile Production

Change of production: Fustians to Cotton

The Change in Production

What are Fustians?

Import of Raw Materials

The United States of America

South America

Asia

The Value of Cotton Production

Handloom Weavers Machinery

The Weaving Process

Geography and Geology

Wool

Manchester

The Cotton Industry in Britain

Handloom Weavers' Cottages

The Handloom Weavers

New Life in the Industry

A Golden Age

Struggle and Distress

Decline of the Industry

Imported Yarn

The Cotton Industry in Europe

The French Revolution

The Factory System: Early Factory Production

Early powered spinning and weaving

The Impact on Social and Working Patterns

Lack of Labour

Mechanisation of the Mills

William Dickinson and Sons

Support Industries

Coal Mining in Blackburn and Darwen

Engineering in Blackburn and Darwen

Brewing in Blackburn and Darwen

The Thwaites Family By Gordon Hartley

Thomas Thwaites

Daniel Thwaites Senior

Daniel and Eliza Thwaites

Thomas Dutton: Dutton's Brewery,Blackburn by Gordon Hartley

Brief History of Dutton's Brewery

Duttons' Residences

Deaths of the Duttons

Duttons' Marketing Material

Corn Milling Blackburn and Darwen

Paper Making in Blackburn and Darwen

Brick Making in Blackburn and Darwen

Allied Textile Trades Blackburn and Darwen

Chemical Industries

Paint Making in Darwen

Wallpaper Making in Darwen

Electronics

Bleaching, Printing and Dyeing

A History of E. & G. Hindle and E. & G. Hindle Ltd. by Ian Haythornthwaite

E. & G. Hindle from 1878 to 1907 by Ian Haythornthwaite

E. & G. Hindle Ltd. from 1907 to 1960 by Ian Haythornthwaite

E. & G. Hindle Ltd. from 1907 to 1960 by Ian Haythornthwaite (2)

E. & G. Hindle Ltd. from 1907 to 1960 by Ian Haythornthwaite (3)

Growth of Cotton Factories:Blackburn

Growth and Depression

Increasing Prosperity

The Cotton Famine

The Cotton Famine in Blackburn

The Cotton Famine in Darwen

Hard Times By Gerald Schofield

Chapter One - Hard Times

Chapter Two - Work for Idle Hands

Chapter Three - The Evil Surat

Chapter Four - Help

Chapter Five - And Finally

Sources

The Cotton Industry 1865-1919

Trade Depressions

Wage Reduction

A new mill for Blackburn

A Decade of Activity

First World War

Case study of India Mill, Darwen

Eccles Shorrock

The Education of Eccles and Ralph

The End of an Era

Building India Mill

Decline in Fortunes

Bibliography and Acknowledgements

Death and Marriage

Biographical Details

Eccles Shorrock: Events of the 1860s

Conclusions

Julian Marshall Darwen Connection

Brookhouse Holdings

Campbell Driver Partnership

Car Park and Filter Beds

Regeneration of India Mill

India Mill History

Detailed History of India Mill

Selling the Goods: Textile Distribution

The Leeds-Liverpool Canal by Mike Clarke

Canal Craft

A Canal Navvy

Canal Facts and Figures

Turnpike Roads

Highwaymen and Crime on the Roads

Stagecoaches and Coaching Inns

Modern Roads

Mass Car Manufacture and Ownership

The M6 and M65

The Development of Railways in Blackburn

The Opening Of The Line

The Growing Railway Network

Hard Graft: The Work Force

The Decline of the Handloom Weaver

Working Conditions

Sanitation

Housing

Terraced V Modern Housing

Pay

Blackburn in the 1850s: A Case Study

Urban Growth in Lancashire from 1770

The Situation in Blackburn

Ref The Situation in Blackburn

Non-conformist view C19th Blackburn

Examining The Evidence

Refs Examining The Evidence

The French Revolution

Cotton Riots of 1878

Struck by Several Sods, Violence and the 1878 Weavers' Strike by Bob Hayes

Chapter Two - A Spent Force?

Chapter Three - A Negotiating Tool?

Chapter Four - A Pandora's Box?

Chapter Five - Conclusion

Bibliography

Magnates, Merchants, Millowners and Other Notables

A day in the life of...

Billinge Scar Grounds

Ornamental Plant Stand

Greenhouse

The Drawing Room seen from the Sun Lounge

Billinge Scar

Feniscowles Hall

King Street Building Legacy

Spring Mount

Witton House

Woodfold Hall

Woodfold- Ice House in Old Woodfold Wood

Wycollar

Position & Influence in Politics

Charles Tiplady

Charles Tiplady: The Iron Road

Charles Tiplady: Railway Viaduct

Charles Tiplady: Bolton Rd Railway Station

Charles Tiplady: Blood on the Cobbles

Charles Tiplady: John Fowden Hindle

Charles Tiplady: Early Victorian Blackburn

Charles Tiplady: View of Blackburn

Charles Tiplady: Great Distress

Charles Tiplady: Unemployed Weavers

Charles Tiplady: Weavers Selected Clothing

Charles Tiplady: Soup Kitchen Voucher

Charles Tiplady: Proud Town

Charles Tiplady: New Market Place

Charles Tiplady: Blackburn Cotton Exchange

Charles Tiplady: The Men Who Made Blackburn

Charles Tiplady: John Hornby

Charles Tiplady: James Cunningham

Charles Tiplady: Blackburn Election

Charles Tiplady: Spring Hill Mill

Charles Tiplady: Church Street

Extracts from the Diary of Charles Tiplady

Charles Tiplady: Diary Introduction

Descendant of Charles Tiplady Contacts Cotton Town

Tiplady Family Contact CottonTown Part II

Tiplady Family Contact CottonTown Part III

Tiplady ephemera held by Blackburn Library

Charles Tiplady: Memoriam Card

Henry Tiplady: Memoriam Card

Henry Tiplady: Notebooks

Richard Tiplady: Newspaper Articles

Charles Tiplady: A Blackburn Character

Charles Tiplady: Newspaper Articles

The Visit of Richard Tiplady

Meeting Richard Tiplady

Richard Tiplady's Visit

The Tiplady Fruit Bowl

Civic Pride

Darwen Mayors

County Borough of Blackburn Mayors

Borough of Blackburn with Darwen Mayors

Councillor Dorothy Walsh : Mayor

Councillor Maureen McGarvey : Mayor

Councillor Mohammed Khan : Mayor

Councillor James Hirst:Mayor

Councillor Sheila Williams : Mayor

Civic Insignia

The Mayors Chain

Mayoresss Chains

Gold Pendant and Badges

Other Mayoral Items

Mayors Parlour

Council Chambers

Charters of Incorporation Blackburn

Charters of Incorporation Darwen

Borough of Blackburn Mayors

Memoirs of a Refugee by Alan Barry

Barbara Castle Exhibition

Minister of Transport Who Could Not Drive

Sir David Shackleton

Collecting and Philanthropy

Blackburn Museum

Japanese Prints

Colour printing in Japanese prints

Reprints, Colour, Deterioration

Care of Japanese prints

Famous Views of the 60 Odd Provinces by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Exhibition

Museum Information

Tokaido Road Series "Tokaido Gojusan Tsughi No Uchi" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Icons

The Icons

Oil paintings and watercolours

James Sharples: ironworker and artist

Ethnography

Local History Collections

The Kathleen Ferrier Archive

South Asian Gallery

Other Treasures

The Hart Gallery

The Skill & Labour Gallery

Thomas Boys Lewis

The Edward Hart Collection

Rare Coin Discovery

Leges Aureus

Life of Edward Hart

Julio-Claudian Dynasty 27BC - AD68

Year of the Four Emperors AD69

Flavian Dynasty AD69 - 96

Adoptive Emperors/Antonines AD96 - 192

Year of the Five Emperors AD193

Severan Dynasty AD193 - 235

Third Century Crisis AD235 - 285

Post-Third Century Crisis AD285 - Late 5th Century

The Growth of New Industries

Move of the Mill Owners

Middle Class Mill Managers

William Arthur Duckworth

Joseph Harrison

Rev. Dr. Nightingale

Rev Nightingale - The Story Continues...

Set in Stone: Local Institutions

Incorporation 1851

voters list 1832

voters list 1832 cont.

Voters list 1835

Voters list 1835 Part 2

Voters list 1835 Part 3

A Study of St Mary's Parish Church by Gordon Hartley

Descriptions of the Glass

The North Transept Window

The Lantern Tower: Close Up Images

Unlocatable Items

The Crypt

Blackburn Library

Blackburn Library Post Re-furbishment Launch 2003

Town Hall Street Entrance

The Ballroom and Restaurant

Shoe Department

The Boardroom

The Grocery Department

Furnishing Department

The Children's Department

The Hardware Department

Fitting Room

17 October 1975 Library moves to new premises

Opening Day Dawns

17th October 1975 - The Official Opening

Blackburn Library launch 2003

Society Business and Science

Adult Lending

Children's Library

Community History

Blackburn's First Purpose-Built Library

1959 Re-furbishments

Blackburn Library: 1980s

Blackburn Library: The Future

The Reference Library

The Adult Lending Library

The Children's Library

Sources for Family Historians

The Magnificent Seven

Blackburn Technical School

The Cotton Exchange

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Vladimir Sherwood Painting

Thomas Hartley Pickup

Thomas Lewis

William Clayton

John Charles Dickinson

Thomas Crooke Ainsworth

George Ellis

William Stones

Reverend Charles Woodhouse

Captain Emilius Jackson

William Dickinson

Robert Hopwood Hutchinson

Robert Raynsford Jackson

Opening of Darwen Library

Centenary Day Celebrations

Darwen Market Hall

Planning and Selection

Changing Face of Darwen

India Mill Listed Building

The Market House

Blackburn's Time Ball and Gun

Brian Houghton Photographs

More Brian Houghton Photographs

Heritage Trails

Clitheroe Library

Holy Trinity School

New Bridge at Islington

Livesey Old Hall

Social and Welfare Improvements

Election of 1832

Local Institutions: Alan Crosby

The Elite of the Community: Alan Crosby

Position and Influence: Alan Crosby

The Workforce: Alan Crosby

Philanthropy: Alan Crosby

Patronage: Alan Crosby

Increase in leisure time

Sports

Participation Sports

Blackburn Subscription Bowling Green Club

A Grand Opening

The Feilden Family

Customs and Traditions

Cock fighting and Bull Baiting

Football

Sam Wadsworth

The train to Nelson...

Darwen's most famous sportsman

Anchor ground debut

"In my opinion, the greatest left-back playing football...."

Daniel Burley Woolfall

President of FIFA

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

The Great Escape 1986

Ronnie Clayton 1934-2010

Ronnie Clayton 1934-2010 (2)

John Byrom Hat-Trick Man

John Byrom's hat tricks

40 Years at Ewood Park 1964-04

40 Years at Ewood Park Part 2

Blackburn Rovers: The early years

Ewood Before The Rovers Came

F.A.Cup 1928

FA Cup Final 1928

the forgotten football disaster - bury 1952

Cricket

Cricket - A Gentleman's Game? By Norman Bury

A N Hornby and the Ashes

The Ashes Are Born England v Australia 1882

Curling

Fox Hunting

Golf

Darwen Golf Club - Foundation

Darwen Golf Club - Early Days

Darwen Golf Club - Lady Members

The 1913 season and beyond...

Jack Higgins Champion Standing Jumper

Jack Becomes World Champion

Jack Perfects his Act

Jack Goes To America

Darwen Weightlifting Club by Harold Heys

Albert Whelan and the mystery telegram

Cinemas and Film Makers

Blackburn Cinemas: General History

Origins of Mitchell and Kenyon

Death of John Mitchell

Film Making

Death of James Kenyon

Death of Sagar Mitchell

Mitchell and Kenyon Gala Launch

First film show

Pennine Films

Film Renting and Distribution

Work begins on Corporation Park

Opening of Corporation Park

Description of Corporation Park by Lorenzo Dali

Benefactors

Corporation Park Timeline 1800s

Corporation Park Timeline 1900s

Corporation Park Timeline 2000s

Springtime in Corporation Park

Corporation Park's 150 Years

Part of people's lives

Explosion in the Park

Rambling

The Ribble Way

Up the Creek...

Further up the Creek...

Ribchester to Clitheroe

Clitheroe and Back...

The Source of the Ribble

Raise your Tankards

River Darwen

Wainwright's Centenary

Wainwright's Legacy

Annual outing to Whitewell

Theatre

Owd Chipper's Peepshow

Memories of Chipper

When the Circus came to Town

Madam Tussaud visits Blackburn

Stan Laurel & The Theatre Royal Darwen

Stan Laurel & The Theatre Royal Darwen pt 2

The Theatre Royal, Darwen

Eric Sykes and the Tudor Theatre, Darwen

Eric Sykes biography

Public Houses

Landlords of the Borough Arms

Temperance

Pub Names

Thwaites bi-centenary

Music

The Four Pennies

Four Pennies Biographies

Four Pennies singles

Four Pennies EPs / LPs

Four Pennies Solo

Four Pennies memories

Annual Holidays

Wakes Weeks and Easter Fair: History

Holiday Haunts

Rural Idylls

Easter Fairs: Transition and Transport

Blackburn Wakes Weeks

Sam Fitton's Gradely Holiday

After the holiday...

Ammon Wrigley's tribute

Ammon Wrigley's tribute cont.

The Easter Fair in Blackburn

At the Fair

Blackburn Easter Fair: Changes in Location

Blackburn and Darwen trams

Blackburn to Accrington

Electrification of Blackburn - Accrington

Closure of Blackburn - Accrington Tram Line

Opening Blackburn-Accrington Tram Line

Take a Tram Ride

Blackburn to Darwen

Opening Blackburn - Darwen Tram Line

Closure of Blackburn - Darwen Tram Line

Electrification of Blackburn - Darwen Tram

Witton to Cherry Tree

Opening Witton to Cherry Tree Tram Line

Closure of Witton to Cherry Tree Tram Line

Electrification: Witton to Cherry Tree Tram

Blackburn to Preston New Road

Opening Blackburn-Preston New Road Tram

Closure of Blackburn-Preston New Road Tram

Electrification: Blackburn-Preston New Road

B&D Trams: A Short History

Blackburn to Queen's Park

Opening Blackburn-Queen's Park Tram Line

Closure of Blackburn-Queen's Park Tram Line

Blackburn to Wilpshire

Opening Blackburn - Wilpshire Tram Line

Closure of Blackburn - Wipshire Tram Line

Electrification of Blackburn-Wilpshire Tram

Alteration: Blackburn-Wilpshire Tram Route

Electrification Extention Black-Wilpshire

Blackburn's Horse Buses

Gradual Improvement in Working Hours

The 1850 Factory Act

The 1871 Bank Holiday Act

Working Hours

William Marsden

20th Century Changes: Production & Decline

The Decline of the Cotton Industry

Unemployment

Search for New Industries

New Industries in Blackburn

The End of an Industry

Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi: World War One

Gandhi: Struggle for Independence

Gandhi: A Visit to Lancashire

Gandhi: World War Two

Large High Technology Mills

Powerful Status

Locally Produced Technology

Foster Yates and Thom

Clayton Goodfellow

The War Years

The Bombing of Blackburn and Darwen

The Cotton Industry in the War Years

Reprieve for the Trams

World War II

The day the bomb fell by Hubert Hartley

East Lancs War Graves at Blackburn Cemetery by Gordon Hartley

Flight Sergeant William Bradshaw

VE Day

World War I in Blackburn

Blackburn in World War I (1914)

Blackburn in World War I (1915)

Blackburn in World War I (1916)

The Somme

Blackburn in World War I (1917)

Blackburn in World War I (1918)

War Diary

Influenza in Blackburn and Darwen

Influenza strikes again

Belgian refugees in Blackburn

Roll of Honour

Darwen Roll of Honour

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I

Darwen Prisoners of War

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I A to D

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I E to H

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I I to L

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I M to P

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I Q to T

Darwen Roll of Honour World War I U to Z

Darwen Roll of Honour World War II

Blackburn Roll of Honour

Regiments In Which Blackburn Men Served

Other Casualties

Blackburn Roll of Honour A to D

Miscellaneous: A to D

Blackburn Roll of Honour E to H

Harbour, Private Walter

Blackburn Roll of Honour I to L

Blackburn Roll of Honour M to P

Blackburn Roll of Honour Q to T

Blackburn Roll of Honour U to Z

War memorials in Blackburn Museum

Darwen in World War Two

The Story of Private Jack Banks by Katie Marsden

Darwen Men in the War 11th August 1944

Darwen Men in the War 25th August 1944

Darwen Boy Soldier's Death 22nd September 1944

Jack Banks and His D-Day Comrades

Darwen Church War Memorials Project

Hard as Nails by Harold Heys

Local Lusitania Connections

John Rimmer World War I Hero

John Rimmer's Bravery

Blackburn and Darwen War Memorials

The Memorials

St Francis Church Memorial

RAF War Graves at Blackburn Cemetery by Gordon Hartley

James Pitts VC

Lest we forget

The Arrival of the Asian Population

The British Empire

Recruitment

Sounds

North West Sound Archive

Lancashire Reminiscences

Cotton Machine Sounds

The Condenser Machine

Arkwright Carding Machine

Arkwright Draw Frame

Roving Frame

Spinning Jenny

Crompton's Spinning Mule

Kay's Fly Shuttle

Lancashire Looms

Cotton On Reminiscences

One Hundred Years Ago

Blackburn in 1951

Blackburn Times Jubilee

Votes for Women

Blackburn girl goes to gaol

Learning Zones

Canals

Canal Links Page

Canal Trip Learning Journey

A Well-Trodden Way

Resources

Resources - Bibliography

1818 Directory

1818 Directory cont...

1848 Directory

1848 Directory continued...

1854 Directory

1854 Directory continued

Photographs

1814 Directory

A History of Blackburn

Resources - Glossary

Town nicknames

Bynames cont...

Resources - Useful Websites

Resources - Websites - NOF

Resources - Websites - History

Resources - Websites - Architecture

Resources - Websites - Education

Resources - Websites - Media

Resources - Websites - Transport

Resources - Websites - Other

Resources - Websites - Suppliers

Resources - Terms & Conditions

Scanned Texts - Tim Bobbin

Tim Bobbin Page Two

Tim Bobbin Page Three

Coronation of George VI

Coronation of Edward VII

A Short History of Blackburn

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