What was daily life like for those experiencing the Cotton Famine? Joined by Charlotte Craig from the Craven Museum in Skipton, this episode explores the extraordinary diary of cotton weaver Richard Ryley to understand the impact of the American Civil War on working-class people in Lancashire.  

 


Written and presented by Ruth-Anne Walbank

Produced by Daniel Woodburn

Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi 

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