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Cotton Textiles In Preston  

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Richard Coulthard Cotton Textiles In Preston Preston was ruled by the textile industry. I can tell this by the picture of Preston skyline. Factory chimdys and the odd church dominated the skyline. Overall I could see that there were roughly 22 - 24 factory chimdys. The picture was taken by penwortham hill in 1990. If I were to go there now I would see hardly any mills there now that are still working, most would be closed down or knocked down. The outskirts of Preston even had mills. Factories often were often put on the edge of a dock so that transport was made easier. As time went by fewer and fewer people worked in mills, dropping from 10 to 4 in 20 years. This chart tough doesn't show the years in between. Plus this only shows what men were doing and not women. Women mostly worked in the mills and not...

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