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A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… industrial', with a significant part of its female labour, particularly in the blanket factories and laundries, … 1940s. 31 Other new firms, some also drawing on outside labour, 32 included the Witney Steam Laundry on Corn Street, … 191334; A. W. Hughes, 'Weaving Truth with Trust: Labour Management at Early's Blanket Mill, 190060' (Oxford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1850s. The transition to mechanization and factory wage-labour, beginning during a period of social conflict and of … by the traditional town lite. An unusual challenge by a 'labour candidate' in 1910, standing on the slogan of 'Witney … 470 In county council elections the town returned both Labour and Conservative representatives in the 1990s. 471 For …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at the rectory house, and allegedly 'out-vying in labour and vigilancy any of the godly brethren in those …
A History of the County of Essex
… joined with Forrestt at the upstream yard in 1912, labour costs at Wivenhoe being lower than in London, to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… when fetched Coles from Wollaton, which they had for their labour, which still remains a conspicuous monument of the …