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INTRODUCTION Bamber Bridge is a village to the south of Preston , Lancashire , England . The name derives from the Old English 'bēam' and 'brycg', which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". It is mentioned in an undated medieval document.Bamber Bridge" A Dictionary of British Place-Names. A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press, 2003. The village is often referred to as "t’Brig" by residents. People born in the village, are known as "Briggers". HISTORY Textiles By 1764 Calico Printing had been established in the village and this was the first example of calico printing anywhere in Lancashire. Prior to the establishment of calico printing in the North, it was predominantly carried out in the south of England, before spreading to Scotland and the northern counties.The Times, Friday, Jun 27, 1913; pg. 31; Issue 40249; col BThe Calico Printing Industry of Lancastria in the 1840s by K. L. Wallwork. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, No. 45. (Sep., 1968), pp. 143-156. In 1857, the effect of the downturn in the cotton trade was such that a large manufacturer and spinner (unnamed) in the village reported liabilities estimated at £40,000 to £60,000, and were about to go on short time.The Times, Wednesday, May 27, 1857; pg. 10; Issue 22691; col F At approximately 19:00 on Monday 31/10/1859, a catastrophic fire burnt down the Withy Trees mill in the village, owned by Eccles and Company. Contemporary reports said that the spinning-master and engineer had stayed on after the mill had closed at 18:00 in order to effect some repairs to machinery on the third floor. A spark from the lamp they were using for illumination is said to have dropped upon some cotton waste, igniting it. Nobody was killed or injured in the fire, but between 16,000 and 17,000 spindles and 270 looms were destroyed and 250 hands were rendered unemployed at a stroke.The Times, Friday, Nov 04, 1859; pg. 4; Issue 23455; col E Reporting on 07/06/1862, The Times stated that 600 hands had been thrown out of work with the stoppage of Dewhurst’s mill. The same report also gave some indication of the economic strife that shopkeepers and other villagers now found themselves in – it was said that 1 in every 5 people in Bamber Bridge and Walton-Le-Dale and the surrounding area were now reduced to pauperism.The Times, Saturday, Jun 07, 1862; pg. 12; Issue 24266; col F A petition against the recognition of the Confederate States was presented to the House Of Commons on Monday June 29, 1863, by a villager, Mr. Barnes. No mention is made of his first name or what organisation he represented.The Times, Tuesday, Jun 30, 1863; pg. 7; Issue 24598; col D The trade unionist George Woodcock was born in the village on October 20 1904. He was a Voluntary official of the Bamber Bridge branch of the Weavers Association after a spell of tuberculosis. He won a TUC scholarship to Ruskin College , Oxford University in 1929. He was awarded the CBE in 1953 and appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1957. He was General Secretary of the TUC in 1960 and a member of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations in 1965 and served as chair from 1969 to 1971. He died on October 30, 1979The Times, Monday, Nov 19, 1979; pg. 25; Issue 60478; col CGeoffrey Goodman, ‘Woodcock, George (1904–1979)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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