Brighouse at Work
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A01=Chris Helme
Art Architecture & Photography
Author_Chris Helme
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Business & Economic History
Category1=Non-Fiction
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COP=United Kingdom
Cultural History
Economics
Engineering & Technology
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Format=BC
History
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IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industries
ISBN13=9781445670720
Language_English
Local & Urban History
PA=Available
PD=20170915
Photography
POP=Chalford
Price=€10 to €20
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PUB=Amberley Publishing
Subject=History
Subject=Local Interest- Family History & Nostalgia
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- ISBN 9781445670720
- Weight: 288g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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From a small hamlet and a bridge, the town of Brighouse in Calderdale grew rapidly with the building of the Calder and Hebble Navigation in the late eighteenth century, which led to the development of the town’s successful textiles industries. Many of the town’s mills were built using local stone and quarrying continued as a major industry into the nineteenth century, when immigrants arrived from Ireland in search of work. Another important industry in Brighouse was flour milling and the giant silos, built by the family firm of Thos Sugden & Son Ltd, still dominate the town today.
Brighouse at Work explores the life of this west Yorkshire town and its people, from pre-industrial beginnings through to the present day. In a fascinating series of photographs and illustrations, it looks at the impact that the Industrial Revolution had on the population and the consequences of rapid urbanisation, the changes in the industrial landscape during the Victorian era, the impact of war, and the decline of the town’s textile industries. It takes us through years of depression and decay to late twentieth-century regeneration and the town’s reinvention as a lively shopping centre and popular destination for visiting narrowboats.
Chris Helme is a local historian and tour guide who leads regular history tours around Brighouse. For 30 years he served as Police Officer and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1990 for his service in the community. He has written eight local history books (two self published and six commissioned) since 1986. He has written a weekly nostalgia column in his local newspaper for over 30 years and has also written a number of articles for UK local and regional magazines.
