Now! Then! Source: Anon, Hurrier (p. 51) (1842)

Anon. 1842. Hurrier (p. 51). The condition and treatment of the children employed in the mines and collieries of the United Kingdom. Carefully compiled from the appendix to the first report of the Commissioners. With copious extracts from the evidence, and illustrative engravings. London: William Strange.

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15 May 1841: Patience Kershaw (17) tells the Children’s Employment Commission (Mines) about her work at Joseph Stocks’ Booth Town Pit, Halifax

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Now! Then! is an almanac portraying Yorkshire on this day. Now! lists modern happenings in the heavens and on earth. Then! consists roughly of 961 historical serendipities (762K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,627 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,845 subjects, such as (automated list!) Leeds, York, West Riding of Yorkshire, Church of England, London, Sheffield, poetry, Kingston upon Hull, Bradford, Horse ... Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling and coding Now! Then! The Yorkshire Almanac at bedtime to educate himself about his new home since moving from Hackney to Headingley in April 2021. It will soon be available in printed and e-book editions. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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