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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Messrs. Hargreaves' Calico Print Works at Accrington, and Recollections of Broad Oak

Messrs. Hargreaves' Calico Print Works at Accrington, and Recollections of Broad Oak

Hargreaves, Benjamin

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General Law

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ISBN10: 145884529X
ISBN13: 9781458845290
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.07 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1882. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... RECOLLECTIONS OF BROAD OAK. BY BENJAMIN HARGREAVES. HOMAS, second son of John and Alice Hargreaves, was born at Wheatley-lane, Pendle Forest, on the 21st December, 1771, St. Thomas' Day, and he was called Thomas from that. He received no education but what he obtained at a night school, his daily occupation, when a boy, being that of a hand-spinner. Spinning machines in those days were worked by a treadle, and the remuneration given to young Thomas was a penny a day. His parents, who were in comfortable circumstances, had a farm at Wheatley, and they decided that when their son came of an age to go from home he should learn the calico-printing, which emanated into life in North-East Lancashire. This, Thomas did not like, and I have been told by his younger sister, the late Mrs. James Holgate, of Burnley, that he shed tears at the thought, and said it was sending him to a business he knew nothing about, and added that if he went to machine-spinning (then fast superseding hand-spinning in Lancashire) he might make something out of it. Sabden was the nearest place calico-printing was carried on, and that was the spot selected for Thomas's future employment. In due time he crossed the hill abutting on the east side of Pendle, and arriving at Sabden took lodgings in a house which was said to be haunted. He saw no ghosts, as he has assured me, but occasionally got a glimpse of the twinkling stars through holes in the roof. Young Hargreaves got employment at the Sabden works, and after acquiring a knowledge of the business became both book-keeper and manager. I have seen the books he kept, through the kindness of Mr. James Hindle, the head of the present establishment. They are neatly written and made up. Thomas was found to be a sharp, clever young man, and at the ins...

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