by Andrew Gill | Aug 9, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
This cotton mill could be anywhere in the north west of England but was, in fact, in Burnley. What can’t be seen on the photograph is the noise. We have a museum near us which occasionally fires up just a few looms in a room that would have held hundreds and...
by Andrew Gill | Aug 8, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Prior to the First World War, most jobs were for men while women stayed at home doing domestic chores and bringing up children. It was a very unequal society with men having all the power and, yes, I can hear some of you saying “they still do”. Women...