Working families in Victorian Lancashire had few choices. Work; starve; or face the workhouse and the break up of their family. Narrow Windows, Narrow Lives recreates everyday life for textile workers, canal boat families, coalminers, metal workers navvies and glassblowers using contemporary eyewitness accounts and interviews. It depicts the dire state of towns and the dreadful hazards workers faced on a daily basis.
Who was the `knocker-upper'? Why did families eat `tommyrot'? Why couldn't `Lump Lad' sleep soundly in his bed?
Men, women and children endured incredibly long working hours in appalling conditions - but their toil helped make Britain `Great.'
- ISBN10 1322376867
- ISBN13 9781322376868
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 21 January 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint History Press (SC)
- Format eBook
- Language English