Quarry Bank Mill

[poliphilo]

Quarry Bank Mill at Styal was opened in the 1780s and is now a working museum. We went there with Ruth, my sister-in-law. I now know about carding and spinning and weaving and have some idea of the hellishness of factory work in the early years of the industrial revolution. Samuel Greg, the owner of Quarry Bank, was a model employer by the standards of the age, but still expected his child "apprentices"- boys and girls- to work 13 hours a day, six days a week. 

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[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

I'm always glad to see when industrial heritage is preserved. It makes people just a bit more aware of how good things are now in general and how horrible factory work conditions were in the past. They're teaching museums in many ways. This one looks very well cared for.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's owned by the National Trust- and they get lots of parties of schoolchildren. There was one following in our wake.