Leeds Industrial Museum accident book

25 Mar 2024

John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of industrial history, who discovered the historic employee records stashed in a box Carefully listed within were scores of incidents which lay bare the harsh working conditions and gruelling lifestyle endured by the city’s textile workers shortly after the turn of the 20th century.

Leeds Industrial Museum accident book: John McGoldrick, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of industrial history, who discovered the historic employee records stashed in a box 
Carefully listed within were scores of incidents which lay bare the harsh working conditions and gruelling lifestyle endured by the city’s textile workers shortly after the turn of the 20th century.
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