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Quite a few modern sources have very short mentions of Crook but getting them into the article without turning it into a bullet-pointed list might be tricky. For example:
Please note that while some of these do refer to him as a "cotton spinner", what they mean is he owned a mill where cotton spinning took place. That mill was established by his father, Joshua. The idea that Crook himself spun cotton is ludicrous.
There are also hints that Crook repeatedly brought forward a bill relating to bleachers' pay etc, finally succeeding with his Short Time Act (which was part of a wider movement for short time working/half-day holidays etc in various industrial sectors). However, I am only seeing those in snippet view. I need to take a trip to Bolton Library to read the newspapers etc, perhaps - I do miss not having the British Newspaper Archive subscription. I will see what JSTOR may have first. - Sitush ( talk) 16:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Nothing of note at JSTOR but I have found this, which is a treasure trove even if it does grate with me that this source also says he was a "cotton spinner". Bebbington also briefly mentions him in this, which I think was in fact published - need to find the published version.
And if we mine the sources at List of mills in Bolton + use the one above that refers to strike-breaking then I think we can crack the "cotton spinner" thing. - Sitush ( talk) 13:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
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Quite a few modern sources have very short mentions of Crook but getting them into the article without turning it into a bullet-pointed list might be tricky. For example:
Please note that while some of these do refer to him as a "cotton spinner", what they mean is he owned a mill where cotton spinning took place. That mill was established by his father, Joshua. The idea that Crook himself spun cotton is ludicrous.
There are also hints that Crook repeatedly brought forward a bill relating to bleachers' pay etc, finally succeeding with his Short Time Act (which was part of a wider movement for short time working/half-day holidays etc in various industrial sectors). However, I am only seeing those in snippet view. I need to take a trip to Bolton Library to read the newspapers etc, perhaps - I do miss not having the British Newspaper Archive subscription. I will see what JSTOR may have first. - Sitush ( talk) 16:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
Nothing of note at JSTOR but I have found this, which is a treasure trove even if it does grate with me that this source also says he was a "cotton spinner". Bebbington also briefly mentions him in this, which I think was in fact published - need to find the published version.
And if we mine the sources at List of mills in Bolton + use the one above that refers to strike-breaking then I think we can crack the "cotton spinner" thing. - Sitush ( talk) 13:06, 5 February 2017 (UTC)