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Thanks Sean. I wonder if it depended a bit on where people emigrated from and the traditions they brought with them?
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I wonder if there’s a cut off point below the North and Midlands where they stop calling it dinner and start calling it lunch?
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Thanks Simon. Yes, same as you, tater ash. I’ve never tried to spell it out before but I will go with your spelling from now on!
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Thanks Barbara. Very kind of you 🙏
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A shout-out also to @seekingancestors.bsky.social, @manchesterhistory.uk and @theirishgenie.bsky.social who are delivering talks on British Home Children, #FamilyHistory tours and Irish #Genealogy during the coming months as part of our line-up... #history
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#Railway200
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It sparked a pitched battle at Clifton Junction between rival armies of railway workers armed with crowbars, picks and shovels - and what I think could be the first use of a replacement bus service.
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In 1849, two railway companies fought for the right to carry passengers to Manchester by blocking their rivals’ lines with wooden balks and cargo trains.
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Shuttle kissing was not officially outlawed in Lancashire until 1952.
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But little did the weavers know that, with so many of them sharing a kiss with the same shuttles, their jobs were giving them deadly diseases.
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To keep up with the lightning pace of the loom, they had to quickly suck the thread through a small hole or eye in the shuttle before it continued on its way.
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Kay’s shuttle could only work as long as it had enough yarn spooled around its rod or “pirn” and at some point a weaver had to remove the pirn and replace it.
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But the shuttle also had a hidden cost for the health of generations of weavers lasting well into the twentieth century.
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When John Kay from Bury near Manchester developed the flying shuttle in 1733, it was such a pivotal moment that it lit the fires of the industrial revolution.
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And here's my episode if you want to listen again
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Thanks Jonathan. Brilliant.
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Thank you Christine. Very kind of you.