Weaving shed (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) In use this would have been 90 degrees fahrenheit, humid and a scene of hyperactivity. Note the closeness of the machines and the unprotected wheels and pulleys. Children had the job of crawling through smal up Gravestone of Ellen Moulding and family

The Cardroom (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) No shortage of cotton here! Imagine the constant taking off and putting on of bobbins over and over every day for year after year. Compare with the on and off, zeroes and ones, input and output of data in the central processing unit of your computer.

The Cardroom (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) No shortage of cotton here! Imagine the constant taking off and putting on of bobbins over and over every day for year after year. Compare with the on and off, zeroes and ones, input and output of data in th