 I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. The road is very steep, and we have to hold by a rope, and when there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of.  The Monthly Review - Страница 1771842Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Francis Sydney Marvin - 1920 - 314 страници
...the State of the Mining Population (1850). 3 Ibid. (1852). A Lancashire woman said in evidence : ' I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. . . The pit is very wet where I work and the water comes over our clog tops always, and I have seen it up to... | |
 | George Macaulay Trevelyan - 1922 - 470 страници
...light on the life of underground England, brought out such facts as these from a Lancashire woman : ' I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. The water comes up to my clog tops, and I have seen it over my thighs. I have drawn till I have the skin... | |
 | John Wesley Bready - 1927 - 474 страници
...perspective. Betty Harris, for instance, aged thirtyseven, engaged in a pit at Little Bolton, said : " I have belt round my waist, and a chain passing between my...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of. ... The pit is very wet where I work, and the water comes over my clogg-tops always, and I have seen... | |
 | William Josephus Robinson - 1928 - 1000 страници
...on the "Employment and condition of children and young persons in mines." One woman testified : "I have a belt round my waist and a chain passing between...my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. . . . The pit is very wet where I work, and the water comes over our clog tops always, and I have seen it up... | |
 | Kate Millett - 2000 - 422 страници
...connubial master as well as to the abuses perpetrated on her by her employers:9 I have a belt around my waist and a chain passing between my legs, and...there is no rope, by anything we can catch hold of ... The pit is very wet where I work, and the water comes over our clogs always, and I have seen it... | |
 | Martin Collier, Bill Marriott - 2002 - 290 страници
...not sing then. I don't like being in the pit. Sarah Cooder, aged eight. SOURCE G I have a belt around my waist, and a chain passing between my legs, and...feet. The road is very steep, and we have to hold a rope, and when there is no rope, anything we can catch hold of. There are six women and girls in... | |
 | Chris Andrews - 2002 - 126 страници
...describing mine work? Source R } Woman pulling a coal tub I have a belt around my waist, and a chain going between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. The...road is very steep and we have to hold by a rope. I have drawn [the coal tubs] till I have had the skin off me: the belt and the chain are worse when... | |
 | Ben Walsh - 2004 - 188 страници
...hours. • 1850 The working day was increased to 101I2 hours but night and shift work was stopped. I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between...my legs and I go on my hands and feet. The road is steep and we have to hold by a rope ... The pit is very wet where I work and the water comes over our... | |
 | Oz Frankel - 2006 - 396 страници
...outrage. Such is the story of Betty Harris from a coal pit at Little Bolton: "I have a belt around my waist, and a chain passing between my legs, and I go on my hands and feet." A sketch of a barely clad young woman harnessed to a trolley and pulling her load in a steep, dark... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1947 - 328 страници
...restrictions upon sending them to the neighbouring factories. A Lancashire woman declared in evidence: "I have a belt round my waist, and a chain passing between...my legs, and I go on my hands and feet. . . . The pit is very wet where I work, and the water comes over our clog-tops always, and I have seen it up... | |
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