July 2013 archive

Did you know that Whitchurch children were apprentices at Quarry Bank Mill ?

A fact-based drama on 19th century life at Quarry Bank Mill has just started on Channel 4. Our current “All Our Stories” heritage lottery project has uncovered information at Manchester Archives & Local Studies about three Whitchurch children who were employed as apprentices by the Greg family. 1789 – Elizabeth Jones of Whitchurch, Salop – …

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