Illustration showing child labour employed in

Illustration showing Northampton shoe making: Top floor of a Middleman's factory. Middleman took work in from larger factories. This shows machinists (1) using Howe and Singer machines to sew uppers. little girls seated in the middle are knot-tiers, who picked out and knotted ends of machinists thread with their hours of work set at 7am to 12 noon and lpm-6pm. Children to whom Factory Act applied were sent to school in batches. 1869

1869 Batches Employed Ends Howe Knotted Larger Machinists Middleman Noon Northampton Picked Thread Uppers Whom

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