Below are some resources I recommend if any of your ancestors in your family tree were mill hands.

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Description: Someone who worked in the textile industry, specifically in a mill. A mill hand performed manual roles within the mill. By 1850 there were some 550 cotton mills in Lancashire, which had become the hub for the industry. Conditions in those mills were poor with aching head and limbs and nausea being commonplace. Workers developed tuberculosis, bronchitis and asthma thanks to the cotton lint in the air. Examples of accidents include getting a hand jammed between the gable and intermediate end of the spinning frame whilst brushing dust off the gearing. Broken arms or hands were common, as was losing a finger in the machinery. If hair was caught in the machines, scalping could also occur. See also: Beater, Fustian Weaver, Weaver, Fustian Cutter, Fuller, Beamer, Cotton Feeder, Cotton Winder, Beetler, Billier, Cotton Weaver, Cotton Scavenger, Bobbin Carrier, Bobbin Turner, Cotton Spinner.

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