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MargaretR · 13-12-2008, 14:27

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11 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OSWALDTWISTLE - Kawasaki Racing Team
5. I Predict A Riot
Oswaldtwistle was one of the Lancashire mill towns caught up in the power loom riots of 1826. The arrival of the spinning jenny and the power loom led to increased mechanisation within the textile industry and, as a result, many textile workers were made redundant. Those that continued working did so for extremely low pay and starvation became a real issue in northern mill towns. In protest, a large number of angry cotton workers attacked the White Ash mill in Oswaldtwistle and destroyed looms and other equipment.

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MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68671	Re: Whats happening in accrington Ossy has - 11 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OSWALDTWISTLE - Kawasaki Racing Team 5. I Predict A Riot Oswaldtwistle was one of the Lancashire mill towns caught up in the power loom riots of 1826. The arrival of the spinning jenny and the power loom led to increased mechanisation within the textile industry and, as a result, many textile workers were made redundant. Those that continued working did so for extremely low pay and starvation became a real issue in northern mill towns. In protest, a large number of angry cotton workers attacked the White Ash mill in Oswaldtwistle and destroyed looms and other equipment. __________________