 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1835 - 838 pages
...convenient loom-ihop, and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...six or eight shillings each per week : but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms, was the labour attached to the hand-wheel; and when it... | |
 | Sir Edward Baines - Cotton growing - 1835 - 656 pages
...guineas per annum. The father of a t'miilv would earn from eight shillings to half-a-guinea at hi* loom; and his sons, if he had one, two, or three alongside...six or eight shillings each per week : but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms, was the labour attached to the handwheel ; and when it... | |
 | P. Gaskell - Artisans - 1836 - 456 pages
...linen, or cotton, except a few weeks in harvest. The father of a family would earn eight shillings or half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had...alongside of him, six or eight shillings each per week; hut the great sheetanchor of all cottages and small farms was the lahour attached to the hand-wheel:... | |
 | P. Gaskell - Artisans - 1836 - 436 pages
...convenient loom-shop, and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annurr. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one or two, or three alongside him, six or eight shillings per week each ; but the great sheet-anchor of... | |
 | Peter Gaskell - Artisans - 1836 - 438 pages
...convenient loom-shop, and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annurr. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one or two, or three alongside him, six or eight shillings per week each ; but the great sheet-anchor of... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Spinning - 1843 - 242 pages
...half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half-a-guinea at his loom ; and his sons, if he had one, two, or...six or eight shillings each per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms, was the labour attached to the hand-wheel ; and when... | |
 | Francis Espinasse - Great Britain - 1874 - 498 pages
...convenient loom-shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...or three alongside of him, six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to the... | |
 | Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor - Factory system - 1886 - 472 pages
...convenient loom shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...or three alongside of him, six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to the... | |
 | Thomas Ellison - Cotton trade - 1886 - 386 pages
..." The cottagers were entirely employed in this manner except for a few weeks in the harvest. * * * The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half u guinea at his loom, and his sons six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet-anchor of... | |
 | Lloyd Jones - 1889 - 276 pages
...convenient loom-shop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings...a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one or two or three alongside him, six or eight shillings per week each ; but the great sheet-anchor of... | |
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Cottage rents at that time, with convenient loomshop and a small garden attached, were from one and a half to two guineas per annum. The father of a family would earn from eight shillings to half a guinea at his loom, and his sons, if he had one, two,... 
