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The good/bad conditions in the mills.

Good Conditions.

  • If they did good work they got extra pay
  • Some mills had an accident book
  • Some mills had medical treatments
  • Some mill owners only employed people over 10
  • Some children lived in an apprentice house where they get shelter, beds & clothes (Usually Orphans)
  • In some mills children were allowed to go to church & had an education
  • Some factory owners billed or made children work longer as a punishment instead of beating them
  • Some mills gave children a bit of time to play & tell stories
  • they let the children run away from oli white.
Bad Conditions.
  • The Building was like a prison
  • Mill owners used to buy orphans from workhouses to work in their factories
  • They bribed children
  • Orphans had no parents to 'stick up for them'
  • Its like slavery
  • They didn't wear safety equipment or even shoes
  • There were no guards on the machines
  • They wore loose clothes and had long hair which could get caught in machines
  • Mainly Got Porridge and bread
  • Most Children were half starved
  • There hearing gets damaged by the noise on the machines
  • They got covered in oil & had no soap
  • They'd lock people up in tiny rooms as a punishment
  • Children would die & no one would notice, like they'd just disappeared
  • Tiredness made people careless
  • They had damp rooms so the cotton didn't snap and they kept the windows closed to keep damp in which made it hot.
  • Children's bones were deformed and didn't grow properly because of crouching and carrying weights. some people like to eat the cheese out of.
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