A hugely important part of Manchester's history could be turned into flats
SAVE says : "In Manchester, the growth of the cotton trade drove the city’s expansion, leading it to become the world’s first ...
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Upper floors of former cotton mill set to be converted into 42 flats
More than 40 flats could be created by converting the upper floors of a Bury mill building ... spaces and two electric spaces. Join the Manchester Politics WhatsApp group here “Secure and ...
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Arkwright spinning frame
Located on Shude Hill, this mill was Manchester's first cotton mill. It was also the first mill anywhere to use a steam engine, which pumped water onto a waterwheel. By 1800 Manchester had emerged ...
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Plan to convert Victorian cotton mill into flats thrown out due to lack of parking
Plans to convert Victorian cotton mill buildings into into flats have ... night of violence as police enforce new powers in ...
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The Cotton Supply of Great Britain.
UNITED STATES CONSULATE, MANCHESTER, Tuesday ... In 1860 American cotton supplied the mills with five and a half days' work per week. In 1864 the quantity of cotton eluding blockade has been ...
Inside the lost summer holiday where whole towns of families took week off work
Wakes Week was a hugely popular annual holiday in Lancashire during the late 19th and 20th centuries, giving working-class families a break from their daily lives ...
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Plan to convert Victorian cotton mill into flats thrown out due to lack of parking
Plans to convert Victorian cotton mill buildings into into flats have been thrown out due to lack of parking. The vacant Albion Mill and Albion House in Bury were most recently occupied by Pur-o ...