Macclesfield Industrial School

[The Kings Heir]

Regina,
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
If only the inner London City Councils hadn't been so short sighted and slow to install CCTV in the 1800's!
Hey-ho

[goldie61]

Quarry Bank mill website at Styal - just 10 miles down the road from Macclesfield, has some great pages about the children who worked there in the 1800s.
I seem to remember when I visited some years ago, they said the owners took children not only from local orphanages, but also from homes and workhouses further afield - including recruiting from London.
Will look on their website.
Perhaps the owners, or other 'worthies' of Macclesfield, also had links to bring children to the Industrial school from London.

https://quarrybankmill.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/apprentice-life-at-quarry-bank/
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-28/the-mill-the-real-story-of-the-child-slaves-of-the-industrial-revolution

Second link mentions taking their pick of children from London, but other pages on Quarry Bank site may give more info.