Life As An 1805 Mill Worker

A first-person heritage talk in which Mary, a mill worker from 1805, shares her experiences of working at Belper's North Mill.

A performer presents Mary, a mill worker in 1805, sharing her experiences of working at the newly built Cotton Spinning North Mill owned by the Strutt family. The talk covers everyday mill life, her family, and what it was like to live in Belper in the early nineteenth century. It is part of a series of heritage talks held at 6pm at No 28 on Belper Market Place, bookable via the Belper North Mill website.