"Factory records"

[haney]

Hi
    I'm wondering does anyone know if there are records anywhere for people (especially children) who worked in the Factories in the Manchester area at all I believe my Mary Britcliffe was working in a Factory at some stage in the 1840's I'd say.  Any help much appreciated Kind regards Dianna

[Cancan]

Hi,

Try contacting Manchester Library,

though only the temporary one at the moment, they should still be able to hlep you out with information, or try the Manchester Records Office.

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=522

Cancan

[mshrmh]

Dianna - I think there used to be some information on one mill on the Spinning the Web site - I've just glanced now & it's not obvious. In case:
http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/

There's a lot of general information about the cotton trade, factories etc on that site that may be of interest.

Further thoughts - the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in Manchester have some collections related to major employers in the area:
http://www.mosi.org.uk/collections
and the People's History Museum have collections related to the labour movement, women's history etc:
http://www.phm.org.uk/archive-study-centre/subjects-covered/

[haney]

Hi Thanks so much for your reply I will have a look at the website you suggested thanks for that kind regards Dianna