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Edwardians at Work

Fun outside the factory gates: a long-lost world of working life captured by the lenses of Mitchell and Kenyon.

Some of Mitchell and Kenyon's liveliest, most joyous images can be found among the scores of films they shot outside places of work. From the cotton mills on their Lancashire doorstep the duo travelled to engineering factories and ironworks, collieries and shipyards - not to mention railway works, hat and boot makers, paint, paper and glass manufacturers, brewers and biscuit-makers. These films show an early 20th century economy that was industrialised and relatively prosperous - and very hard-working. It's striking, too, how many children loiter in shot - some of them, no doubt, workers, at a time when child labour was regulated but not yet legislated away. Indoor light was too dim for early film stock, so M&K never took their camera beyond the factory gate. But then, what they filmed outside was so much more alive: at shift's end the workers might be weary, but they were also relaxed, even playful. Tens of thousands of faces passed before M&K's cameras, but these workers appear to us not just as a mass, but as individuals. They look out at us, eye to eye across a century and more. Digitisation of this collection was funded by The National Lottery.

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Workforce of Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham (1901)Workforce of Parkgate Iron and Steel Co., Rotherham (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Rotherham

Edwardian workers react to the camera at one of Rotherham's major employers.

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North Sea Fisheries, North Shields (1901)North Sea Fisheries, North Shields (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: North Shields

Girls gut herring on the quay at North Shields while a Showman tries to stir up trouble.

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Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery (1901)Miners Leaving Pendlebury Colliery (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Pendlebury

A black miner makes an intriguing addition to an already captivating film of coal workers up from their pit.

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Workforce Leaving Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)Workforce Leaving Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Hollinwood

A flood of Lancashire cotton workers and their children at the end of another shift.

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Turn Out of the Newcastle Fire Brigade (1901)Turn Out of the Newcastle Fire Brigade (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Glistening brass and galloping horses thrill the crowds at a municipal Fire Brigade drill.

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Co-operative Wholesale Clothing Factory in Manchester (c.1900)Co-operative Wholesale Clothing Factory in Manchester (c.1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Manchester

Victorian Manchester mill workers enjoy the novelty of a moving picture camera.

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Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow (1902)Workers Leaving the Jute Works, Barrow (1902)

Non-Fiction19022 minsSilent Location: Barrow-In-Furness

A cheerful, largely female crowd makes their way home from work.

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Employees Leaving Tangyes Engineering Works, Smethwick (1901)Employees Leaving Tangyes Engineering Works, Smethwick (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Birmingham

Exuberant scenes of engineers and machinists at the famous Cornwall works near Birmingham.

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Workers at Kynoch Ltd Lion Works, Birmingham (1901)Workers at Kynoch Ltd Lion Works, Birmingham (1901)

Non-Fiction19014 minsSilent Location: Birmingham

A rich impression of a vibrant Midlands works, in an unusually elaborate 'factory gate' film.

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Turn Out of the Winsford Fire Brigade (1901)Turn Out of the Winsford Fire Brigade (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Winsford

The streets of the Cheshire town are lined with spectators to see their fire brigade.

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Operatives Leaving Messrs Pilkington Bros. Works, St Helens (1901)Operatives Leaving Messrs Pilkington Bros. Works, St Helens (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: St Helens

Shift change at Edwardian Britain's most important glassmakers, at the heart of the Merseyside town.

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Workforce of Scott & Co. Shipyard, Greenock (1901)Workforce of Scott & Co. Shipyard, Greenock (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Greenock

Unruly shipworkers defy direction from Mitchell and Kenyon's showmen partners.

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Cunard Mail Steamer Lucania Leaving For America (1901)Cunard Mail Steamer Lucania Leaving For America (1901)

Non-Fiction190116 minsSilent Location: Liverpool

The luxurious RMS Lucania is bound for New York in one of Mitchell & Kenyon's most elaborate and striking films.

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Workforce of Brush Electric Co. Falcon Works, Loughborough (1900)Workforce of Brush Electric Co. Falcon Works, Loughborough (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Loughborough

A well-staged exit of workers from a Leicestershire manufacturer for the transport industry.

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Workers at Ross & Hardy Paper Works (1901)Workers at Ross & Hardy Paper Works (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent

Where was this Edwardian paper works?

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Workers Leaving Bamford's Works, Moseley (1900)Workers Leaving Bamford's Works, Moseley (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Moseley

The all-male workforce heads home from a factory in Victorian Birmingham.

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Workpeople and Girls Leaving Thos. Adams Factory, Nottingham (1900)Workpeople and Girls Leaving Thos. Adams Factory, Nottingham (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Nottingham

The hustle and bustle of Edwardian lace-workers heading home after a morning shift.

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Workforce Leaving Cartwright & Warner Hosiery Works, Loughborough (1900)Workforce Leaving Cartwright & Warner Hosiery Works, Loughborough (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Loughborough

Victorian women workers (and a few men) hasten through the gates of the hosiery works after their shift.

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Workforce at Steel & Garland Priory Foundry, Worksop (1900)Workforce at Steel & Garland Priory Foundry, Worksop (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Worksop

An early film showing men and boys leaving a Nottinghamshire metals factory.

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Employees Leaving Messrs Vickers, Sons & Maxim in Barrow (1901)Employees Leaving Messrs Vickers, Sons & Maxim in Barrow (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Barrow-In-Furness

Edwardian workers file out of a naval shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness.

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Creswell and Langwith Miners, Mansfield (1900)Creswell and Langwith Miners, Mansfield (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Mansfield

Grimy miners head home at the end of their shift in the days before pithead baths.

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Workforce of Pollock's Caledonian Cabinet Works, Beith (1901)Workforce of Pollock's Caledonian Cabinet Works, Beith (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Beith

A surprisingly calm 'factory gate' film, shot outside a factory in the Ayrshire town, famous for its wooden furniture making.

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Workforce at Hornsby and Sons of Grantham (1900)Workforce at Hornsby and Sons of Grantham (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Grantham

It's all sunshine and smiles for the Lincolnshire agricultural equipment makers at home time.

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Turn Out of the Dundee Fire Brigade (1901)Turn Out of the Dundee Fire Brigade (1901)

Non-Fiction19010 minsSilent Location: Dundee

Two horse-drawn fire engines gallop past the camera.

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Employees of Marshall's Engineering Works, Gainsborough (1908)Employees of Marshall's Engineering Works, Gainsborough (1908)

Non-Fiction19085 minsSilent Location: Gainsborough

Edwardian engineers and their marvellous machines at Britannia Ironworks, Lincolnshire.

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Employees at Robey's Works, Lincoln (1900)Employees at Robey's Works, Lincoln (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Lincoln

Hoards of workers funnel through the great arched entrance to Robey's works in Lincoln.

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Factory Exit in Lincoln (1900)Factory Exit in Lincoln (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Lincoln

Victorian industrial workers leave their factory after a demanding day.

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Workers Leaving Lee Boot Factory- Dwyer & Co. Ltd. (1902)Workers Leaving Lee Boot Factory- Dwyer & Co. Ltd. (1902)

Non-Fiction19021 minsSilent

A slice of Edwardian working-class life outside a factory in Cork.

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Cork Fire Brigade Turning Out (1902)Cork Fire Brigade Turning Out (1902)

Non-Fiction19023 minsSilent

A staged demonstration shows the Cork Fire Brigade leaping into action, rescuing people from flames in front of an intrigued crowd.

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Workers Leaving Butterley Ironworks, Ripley (1900)Workers Leaving Butterley Ironworks, Ripley (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Ripley

Very early footage of a vast industrial site in Ripley, and the folk who manned the machines.

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Employees Leaving Baxter's Jute Works, Dundee (1901)Employees Leaving Baxter's Jute Works, Dundee (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Dundee

Edwardian textile workers leave a Dundee mill.

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Workers Brooks and Doxey, West Gorton Works, Manchester (1900)Workers Brooks and Doxey, West Gorton Works, Manchester (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Manchester

Some infectious youthful high spirits outside an engineering factory in Victorian Manchester.

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Employees of Blundell's Paint Works, Hull (1901)Employees of Blundell's Paint Works, Hull (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Kingston upon Hull

Tired Edwardian workers finish their shift at a Kingston-Upon-Hull paint factory.

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Great Northern Railway Works at Doncaster (1901)Great Northern Railway Works at Doncaster (1901)

Documentary19006 minsSilent Location: Doncaster

Countless men, women and children spill out on to the screen from "The Plant" at the heart of the Yorkshire railway town.

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Mill Workers Leaving Oldroyd & Sons Mill, Dewsbury (1900)Mill Workers Leaving Oldroyd & Sons Mill, Dewsbury (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Dewsbury

Workers of all ages depart Oldroyd's wool mill ā€“ and the filmmakers' camera is a subject of curiosity.

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Employees Leaving Brown's Atlas Works, Sheffield (1901)Employees Leaving Brown's Atlas Works, Sheffield (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Sheffield

Workers are marshalled past the gate of one of Yorkshire's biggest steel firms.

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Miners Demonstration at Wakefield (1908)Miners Demonstration at Wakefield (1908)

Non-Fiction19082 minsSilent Location: Wakefield

Infectiously lively film of a Yorkshire mining community's grand day out.

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Ropner & Co., Shipbuilders, Stockton on Tees (1900)Ropner & Co., Shipbuilders, Stockton on Tees (1900)

Non-Fiction19003 minsSilent Location: Stockton-on-Tees

Hometime for thousands of Teesside shipbuilders.

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Demolition of a Mill Chimney in Leeds (1901)Demolition of a Mill Chimney in Leeds (1901)

Documentary19011 minsSilent Location: Leeds

An Edwardian Leeds crowd enjoys a spectacle of wanton destruction.

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Employees Leaving North Eastern Engine Works, Gateshead (1901)Employees Leaving North Eastern Engine Works, Gateshead (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Gateshead

A tide of flat-capped rail factory workers is ushered past the camera after a day's work.

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Workers at Yates's Foundry, Blackburn (1900)Workers at Yates's Foundry, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

A Mitchell and Kenyon film of workers in their home town, intriguing despite (or because of) the poor lighting conditions.

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Workers at Bradley Shed, Nelson, Lancashire (1900)Workers at Bradley Shed, Nelson, Lancashire (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Nelson

Athletic young Lancashire cotton weavers show off outside their Victorian mill.

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Turn Out of the Preston Fire Brigade (c.1901)Turn Out of the Preston Fire Brigade (c.1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Preston

Locals line the streets for the fire brigade's procession through Edwardian Preston.

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Workers at Jesse Crossley & Sons Ironworks, Ripley (1900)Workers at Jesse Crossley & Sons Ironworks, Ripley (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Ripley

Victorian ironworkers leave their Derbyshire factory in carefully stage-managed fashion.

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Howarth's Egerton Mill, Ordsall Lane, Salford (1900)Howarth's Egerton Mill, Ordsall Lane, Salford (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Ordsall Lane, Salford

The dinner time hustle and bustle of a Salford street at the dawn of the 20th century.

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Workforce at Horrocks Miller & Co. Preston (c.1901)Workforce at Horrocks Miller & Co. Preston (c.1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Preston

A vibrant impression of dinner hour at an Edwardian cotton mill.

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Workmen Leaving Peacock's Works at Meal Time, Gorton, Manchester (1900)Workmen Leaving Peacock's Works at Meal Time, Gorton, Manchester (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Manchester

Men and boys (and one woman) outside an Edwardian engineering factory.

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Workers at Dickens & Heywood, Middleton (1900)Workers at Dickens & Heywood, Middleton (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Middleton

A rare snapshot of the daily routine of the workers of a Lancashire textile mill.

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Workers Leaving Gossage's Soap Works, Widnes (1901)Workers Leaving Gossage's Soap Works, Widnes (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Widnes

Widnes workers take a well-earned dinner break.

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St. George's Pit, Tyldesley (1901)St. George's Pit, Tyldesley (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Tyldesley

Edwardian miners are filmed leaving their Lancashire pit at the shift's end.

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Workers at Berry's Blacking Works, Manchester (1901)Workers at Berry's Blacking Works, Manchester (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Manchester

Operatives heading out of Berry's Blacking Works.

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Turn Out of the Wigan Fire Brigade (1902)Turn Out of the Wigan Fire Brigade (1902)

Non-Fiction19022 minsSilent Location: Wigan

Wet weather fails to dampen a thrilling show of horse-drawn fire wagons.

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Workers Leaving T & W Lees of Stockport (1901)Workers Leaving T & W Lees of Stockport (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Stockport

An orderly exit from one of the biggest hat factories in Edwardian Stockport.

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Turn Out of the Rochdale Fire Brigade (1901)Turn Out of the Rochdale Fire Brigade (1901)

Non-Fiction19014 minsSilent Location: Rochdale

A fire drill for the benefit of residents of Edwardian Rochdale - and the camera.

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Workers Leaving Craven Ironworks, Ordsall Lane, Salford (1901)Workers Leaving Craven Ironworks, Ordsall Lane, Salford (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Ordsall Lane, Salford

Workers emerge from a huge ironworks in Edwardian Salford with some relief on a hot and sunny day.

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Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson (1906)Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson (1906)

Non-Fiction19062 minsSilent Location: Nelson

A chimney explosion in Edwardian Nelson, near Burnley, presents an exciting public spectacle.

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Procession of Firemen, Nelson (c.1902)Procession of Firemen, Nelson (c.1902)

Non-Fiction19021 minsSilent

Mounted police lead smartly uniformed firefighters past William Widdup's furniture store in Edwardian Nelson.

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Employees Leaving Crossley's Works, Openshaw (1900)Employees Leaving Crossley's Works, Openshaw (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Manchester

This Manchester 'factory gate' film has one mysterious addition...

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Workforce Leaving Salt's Works in Saltaire (1900)Workforce Leaving Salt's Works in Saltaire (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Salts Mill, Saltaire

Mill workers swarm into the July sunshine to enjoy a well-earned lunch break.

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Workers at India Mills, Stockport (1900)Workers at India Mills, Stockport (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Stockport

Spinners and weavers jostle through the exit of one of Stockportā€™s largest textile mills.

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20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works (1900)20,000 Employees Entering Lord Armstrong's Elswick Works (1900)

Non-Fiction19003 minsSilent Location: Elswick

An astonishingly crowded Victorian street reveals the vast scale of Tyneside manufacturing.

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Workers Leaving Haslam's Ltd., Colne (1900)Workers Leaving Haslam's Ltd., Colne (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Colne

Hungry and cold, Lancashire cotton workers trek home through the snow at dinner time.

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Millhands of Cheetham's Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge (1900)Millhands of Cheetham's Bankwood Mills, Stalybridge (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Stalybridge

Victorian cotton workers leave for their lunch break.

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Workmen Leaving Platt's Works, Oldham (1900)Workmen Leaving Platt's Works, Oldham (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Oldham

A visually memorable film of staff exiting a turn-of-the-century Lancashire machine factory.

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'Hands' Leaving Work at North-Street Mills, Chorley (1900)'Hands' Leaving Work at North-Street Mills, Chorley (1900)

Non-Fiction19003 minsSilent Location: Chorley

Lancashire cotton-workers pile out through the mill gates at dinner time.

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Workpeople Leaving Ryland's Mill, Gorton, Manchester (1900)Workpeople Leaving Ryland's Mill, Gorton, Manchester (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Gorton

Millworkers bustle home, except for youngsters who are transfixed by the camera.

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Employees of Galloways Ltd. Boiler Works, Hyde Road, Manchester (1900)Employees of Galloways Ltd. Boiler Works, Hyde Road, Manchester (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Manchester

Workers surge through the great gates of a Victorian engineering works.

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Workforce of Howarth's Ordsall Mill, Salford (1900)Workforce of Howarth's Ordsall Mill, Salford (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Salford

Workers of all ages emerge from a Salford mill.

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Workers at Pilkington Glass Works, St Helens (1900)Workers at Pilkington Glass Works, St Helens (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: St Helens

Weary glassmakers head home after morning shift.

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Employees of J & E Waters, Talbot Mills, Ellesmere St., Manchester (1900)Employees of J & E Waters, Talbot Mills, Ellesmere St., Manchester (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Ellesmere St, Manchester

The lasses, and a few lads, surge out of a Victorian cotton mill after their shift.

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Amos & Smith Boiler Works, Hull (1900)Amos & Smith Boiler Works, Hull (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Kingston upon Hull

Bicycles and broomsticks at the ready as workers finish shift at a marine engineering works in Victorian Hull.

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Employees at Walker Engineering Works, Wigan (1900)Employees at Walker Engineering Works, Wigan (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Wigan

Ironfounders and engineers head home after morning shift at Pagefield Works.

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Employees at White Cross & Co. Ltd Wire Works, Warrington (1900)Employees at White Cross & Co. Ltd Wire Works, Warrington (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Warrington

Home time for grateful workers in a Cheshire factory.

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Workforce of Ormerod's Mill, Great Moor Street, Bolton (1900)Workforce of Ormerod's Mill, Great Moor Street, Bolton (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Great Moor St, Bolton

Eager youngsters burst out of the gates of a Victorian cotton mill.

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Employees Leaving Fowler's Ironworks, Leeds (1901)Employees Leaving Fowler's Ironworks, Leeds (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Leeds

A beautifully composed film of Edwardian factory workers as they rush for home.

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Employees of Rylands Bros. Ltd. Wireworks, Warrington (1902)Employees of Rylands Bros. Ltd. Wireworks, Warrington (1902)

Non-Fiction19022 minsSilent Location: Warrington

A jovial crowd of Edwardian workers head home at dinner time in the Cheshire town.

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Workpeople Leaving Hornby's Brookhouse Mill, Blackburn (1900)Workpeople Leaving Hornby's Brookhouse Mill, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

Male and female millworkers - young and old - spill out after their shift.

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Workpeople Leaving Fish's Waterfall Mill, Blackburn (1900)Workpeople Leaving Fish's Waterfall Mill, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

Lancashire cotton workers hurry to lunch after morning shift.

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Workpeople Leaving Ordnance Mill, Blackburn (1900)Workpeople Leaving Ordnance Mill, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

Cheery child workers, averaging around 10 years old, leave the cotton mill after a shift.

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Workpeople Leaving Dugdale's Paradise Mill, Blackburn (1900)Workpeople Leaving Dugdale's Paradise Mill, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

Dinner time at a textile mill in Victorian Lancashire.

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Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster (1902)Employees Leaving Storey's Moor Lane Mill, Lancaster (1902)

Non-Fiction19022 minsSilent Location: Lancaster

Workers at a Lancaster linoleum factory leave and the gate is firmly shut behind them.

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Employees Leaving Olive Mill, Darwen (1900)Employees Leaving Olive Mill, Darwen (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Darwen

Home time for cotton workers at a Lancashire mill.

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Workers at Spring Bank Mill, Nelson (1900)Workers at Spring Bank Mill, Nelson (1900)

Non-Fiction19001 minsSilent Location: Nelson

Lively Lancashire millworkers, including young boys and girls, at the mill gates.

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Operatives of Acme Spinning Company, Pendlebury (1901)Operatives of Acme Spinning Company, Pendlebury (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Pendlebury

A glimpse of early filmmaking showmanship as James Kenyon marshals Lancashire textile workers.

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Employees Leaving Williamson's Factory, Lancaster (1901)Employees Leaving Williamson's Factory, Lancaster (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Lancaster

Lancastrian workers spill out of a huge textile factory.Ā 

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Workforce of Storey's White Cross Mills, Lancaster (1902)Workforce of Storey's White Cross Mills, Lancaster (1902)

Non-Fiction19021 minsSilent Location: Lancaster

A great surge of workers pushes through the gates of a Lancashire mill.

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Employees Leaving Furness Railway Works, Barrow (1901)Employees Leaving Furness Railway Works, Barrow (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Barrow-In-Furness

An all-male Edwardian crowd is filmed leaving work in the north western town.

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Employees Leaving Vickers, Sons & Maxim Works, Sheffield (1901)Employees Leaving Vickers, Sons & Maxim Works, Sheffield (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Sheffield

A drizzly street scene outside one of south Yorkshire's major employers.

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Factory Exit in Wigan (1901)Factory Exit in Wigan (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Wigan

The largely female workforce of an Edwardian Lancashire factory parades past the camera.

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Workforce Leaving Smith & Coventry Works, Ordsall Lane, Salford (c.1901)Workforce Leaving Smith & Coventry Works, Ordsall Lane, Salford (c.1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Salford

Men and lads spill out at the end of their shift at a Lancashire iron works.

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Workers at Barlow and Tweedale Ironworks, Castleton Nr Rochdale (1905)Workers at Barlow and Tweedale Ironworks, Castleton Nr Rochdale (1905)

Non-Fiction19053 minsSilent Location: Castleton

Workers and wagons pass through the main gate of an engineering factory in Edwardian Lancashire.

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Workers at Carr's Biscuit Works, Carlisle (1901)Workers at Carr's Biscuit Works, Carlisle (1901)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Carlisle

Royal Warrant biscuit-makers released after their shift.

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Employees Leaving Gilroy's Jute Works, Dundee (1901)Employees Leaving Gilroy's Jute Works, Dundee (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Dundee

Employees race out of a Jute works in Edwardian Dundee.

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Workers Leaving Nuttall's Brewery, Blackburn (1900)Workers Leaving Nuttall's Brewery, Blackburn (1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Blackburn

Filmed at a production plant for Edwardian ale, this unique footage carries a powerful scent of malt and hops.

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Darwen Factory Gate (1901)Darwen Factory Gate (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Darwen

Bustling scenes in Edwardian Lancashire, outside the mill gates and on the street.

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Workers Leaving a Factory in Leyland (c.1900)Workers Leaving a Factory in Leyland (c.1900)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent Location: Leyland

Another shift ends in Victorian Lancashire, while children play in the street.

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Factory Workers in Clitheroe (1901)Factory Workers in Clitheroe (1901)

Non-Fiction19013 minsSilent Location: Clitheroe

Crowds of cotton workers flow through the gates of the Clitheroe textile mill.

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Workers Leaving a Factory in Wigan (1902)Workers Leaving a Factory in Wigan (1902)

Non-Fiction19023 minsSilent Location: Wigan

Well-heeled Edwardian workers head home after work.

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Workers Leaving Textile Factory in Patricroft (1901)Workers Leaving Textile Factory in Patricroft (1901)

Non-Fiction19002 minsSilent

Grinning textile workers head through the factory gates, another shift completed.

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Turn Out of the Leeds Fire Brigade (1901)Turn Out of the Leeds Fire Brigade (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Leeds

Scenes in Leeds city centre as Edwardian firemen roll through on drill.

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Workers Leaving a Factory in Droylsden (1901)Workers Leaving a Factory in Droylsden (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Droylsden

Workers in Edwardian Lancashire become ghostly thanks to an odd camera effect.

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Workpeople Leaving For Dinner, Robinson's Iron Foundry, Rochdale (1901)Workpeople Leaving For Dinner, Robinson's Iron Foundry, Rochdale (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Rochdale

Employees exit a Lancashire works on a drizzly day.

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Turn Out of the Keighley Fire Brigade (1902)Turn Out of the Keighley Fire Brigade (1902)

Non-Fiction19024 minsSilent Location: Keighley

Their brass helmets gleaming, Edwardian firefighters in the West Yorkshire town demonstrate aspects of their job.

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Workers Leaving Guest and Chrimes Brassworks, Rotherham (1901)Workers Leaving Guest and Chrimes Brassworks, Rotherham (1901)

Non-Fiction19012 minsSilent Location: Rotherham

Employees of a South Yorkshire brassworks walk or cycle past the camera.

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Employees Leaving Yates, Haywood & Co. Foundry, Rotherham (1900)Employees Leaving Yates, Haywood & Co. Foundry, Rotherham (1900)

Non-Fiction19011 minsSilent Location: Rotherham

Victorian ironworkers emerge from the grand entrance of a long-established South Yorkshire firm.

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Turn out of the Hull Fire Brigade (1902)Turn out of the Hull Fire Brigade (1902)

Non-Fiction19023 minsSilent Location: Kingston upon Hull

The fire brigade springs into action for the benefit of the camera.

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Workers Leaving Factory in Barrow (1901)Workers Leaving Factory in Barrow (1901)

Non-Fiction19022 minsSilent Location: Barrow-In-Furness

A tidy exit from an unidentified factory in Edwardian Barrow in Furness.