A student friendly website from Manchester City Library that examines the history of the Cotton Industry. Annie’s Story gives an interactive account of the day in the life of a child worker. The process of Cotton production examines how cotton was made. Find out more about health, education, housing and those who tried to improve conditions for ordinary workers.
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/ashley.html
This is a collection of accounts by those working in the mining industry i.e primary sources. It gives a great insight into what life was like for miners in the Industrial Revolution.
This is a series of primary sources in which both owners and workers describe conditions in the textile industry.
THE FAMINE
http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/
This website contains illustrations and newspaper articles about events in Ireland at the time of the famine. It includes a case-study on the effects of the famine in Skibereen, Co. Cork.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/famine_01.shtml
Article about the famine from the BBC History website.
Article about Ireland in the first half of the 19th century – scroll down the page for information about the Famine.
http://multitext.ucc.ie/viewgallery/335
Collection of 62 images from the time of the famine including important personalities.
http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/imperial/ireland/famine.htm
A one-page collection of images from British newspapers from the time of the Famine.
http://www.waterfordcountymuseum.org/exhibit/web/Display/timeline/12/
Collections of articles about the Famine (22 in total) focusing on the Waterford area.
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/famine/index.htm
This site gives a very detailed account of all aspects of the famine. It has good illustrations and graphs which clearly show the impact of the famine in Ireland.
