Albert, Prince 220
Arkwright, Richard 74
B
Backhouse, Deborah 160
Backhouse, James 160
Bank Holiday Act 223
see also holidays
Barking ice house 137
beam engine 178, 179, 181, 185, 190
see also Newcomen steam engine
bicycle 91–5, 94, 98–100, 98, 103
Coventry manufacture of 103
first pedal-powered 92
MacMillan velocipede 92, 92, 94, 95, 98
making saddle for 106–10, 107–8
making wheels for 104–6
mass manufacture drives down price of 100
Ordinary, see bicycle: penny-farthing
penny-farthing 94, 95, 99
Rover Safety 99, 103
and Victorian women 100, 103
wooden 91, 91
Birkenhead Park 164
Birmingham Botanical Gardens 156–7, 159–60, 163, 173–4
Alpine rock garden at 160
orchids at 158
Blackburn 227
Blackett, Christopher 19
Blackpool 218, 221
blacksmith 64
Blake, William 79
Bognor Regis 218
Bolton 227
Boulton and Watt 15
Bournemouth 218
brick clamp 190, 191, 192, 194, 198, 199
brick making 178, 180, 181–4, 183, 184, 185
Brighton 214, 216–17, 218, 218
Brixham, Devon 123
trawlers at, impressions of 139
trawlers at, in 1890s 128
Brooks of Birmingham 109–10
Brooks Flyer Special saddle 109–10
Brooks, John Boultbee 109
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 25
Budding, Edwin Beard 170
Budding mower 166, 168–9, 170–3, 171, 172
drawings for 164
Bury 227
C
Cadbury company 167, 170
canals 12
cat-o’-nine-tails 114, 117
Chatham Dockyard 118
Ropery at 117–23, 121, 126
Chief, The (traction engine) 88, 89–90
circular saw 101
Cliftonville 223
coal, creation of 185, 189
coal mining 176–210 passim, 209
beam engine for 178, 185, 190
canaries used in 204, 204
children’s part in 198, 199, 202, 203
and firedamp 195–7
gas explosions in 195–6
lighting for 195–7
and lung disease 203
ponies used in 204–8, 205, 206
today 208
working conditions for 198–9, 203
Coal Question, The (Jevons) 198
Codman, Professor 236
common land, appropriation of 66
copper mining 227
Cordier, Fred 116, 117, 119–20
cotton 70, 74
crane, hand-cranked 90–1
Cullen, William 137
Cyclists’ Touring Club 100
D
Davis, Mark ‘Mave’ 86, 89, 91, 92, 95, 98, 111
on traction engine 88
on velocipede 94
Davy, Sir Humphrey 196
Davy Lamp 196, 197
Donnington Brewery mill wheel 75
Douglas, David 150, 152
Douglas Pine 150
Drake, Sir Francis 149
Drumlanrig Castle 92, 92, 93
Dunlop, John Boyd 99
E
Eastbourne 218
Enclosure Acts, see Inclosure Acts
engine cleaner 31, 35–6, 53, 54
engine driver 37, 60
engine fireman 34, 37, 40, 41–2, 45, 56–7
Eric (at Brooks of Birmingham) 110
F
factories and mills 64, 68–91, 103–4
air quality in 79
Gayle Mill, see Gayle Mill
long shifts worked in 77
prior to 64
in remote locations 68
steam power for 76, 79
Victorian illustration of 77
and water power 70–4, 72–3, 75, 83–4, 103–4
weavers in, film of 80, 83
Factory Acts 79, 80
factory villages 74, 76–7
farming:
and ploughs 67–8
redundant jobs in 64
steam engines enter 64, 68
and threshing machine 64–6
Farrow, Elizabeth 216
firedamp 195–7
fish and chips 138, 141
fishing (sea) 123, 127–8, 131–2, 135–7, 136
boys’ work in 132
long shifts worked in 135
and preserving in ice 137–8
protective clothing for 131, 134
and rail transport 137
and superstition 131–2
women’s part in 132
Ford, Henry 9, 74
Fortune, Robert 152
Fowler, John 67
G
gansey (fisherman’s jumper) 131, 135
gardens 144–75
botanical 153, 156–7
under glass 153–9, 156–7
lawnmower for 144, 166, 168–9, 170–3, 171, 172; see also Budding mower
scythe for 146–9, 146, 147, 148
Gayle Beck 74, 81, 103
Gayle Mill 8, 68–74, 71–3, 76, 80–1, 81–2, 83–91 passim, 99, 103–4
becomes sawmill 76
Europe’s oldest working turbine at 86
‘leet’ at 99, 103–4
teapot from 70
twin vortex turbine at 83–4, 84–5
water power continues at 83
woodworking tools at 96–7
Geordie Lamp 196
George III 218
George IV 216
Glasgow Fair 223
glassmaking 153–4, 153, 155
Great Orme Tramway 228–9, 229, 231
Great Western Railway (GWR) 25
and railway time 52
Swindon works of 31
Greg (at Gayle Mill) 104–5
Grimsby, fisherman killed in 128
H
Harris, John 35–6
Hedley, William 19
helter-skelter 238, 239–41, 240, 241, 242, 244
HMS Victory 115, 117, 119
holidays 210–49, 212, 214, 226
Bank (public) 223
and bathing machines 228, 235, 237
in Blackburn 227
in Blackpool 218, 221
in Bognor Regis 218
in Bolton 227
in Bournemouth 218
in Brighton 214, 216–17, 218, 218
in Bury 227
in Cliftonville 223
in Eastbourne 218
and fairgrounds 239–44, 247–8; see also helter skelter
in Glasgow 223
Grand Tour 212, 215
in Llandudno 217, 220, 227–49, 228, 230
in Margate 218, 223
and paddle steamers 218, 219
and piers 219–20, 224, 231–4
and postcards 232
and Punch and Judy 236, 239
in Scarborough 214, 216
and sea swimming 235
in seventeenth century 212, 215
in spa towns 215–16
Wakes Week 222, 223, 227
in Weymouth 218
and ‘What the Butler Saw’ 232, 233
I
ice 137–8, 141
Inclosure Acts 66
Industrial Revolution 15, 64
and bicycles 103
demand for plants during 159
Irish potato famine 141
J
Jevons, William Stanley 198
K
Kennedy, John 199
knocker-uppers 36
L
Leader (trawler) 112, 123, 127–8, 140, 141–2
leather, curing and tanning 106–9, 107–8
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) 21–2
Liverpool docks 70
Llandudno 217, 220, 227–49, 230, 238
band at 245, 246, 248
bathing machines in 228
helter skelter at 238, 239–41, 240, 241, 242, 244
Pier Pavilion Theatre in 232
Punch and Judy show at 236, 239
tramway in 229
Llandudno Pier 231–4
restoration work on 224–5, 233–4, 234, 235
Locomotion No. 1 20, 20
locomotives 31–2
No. 5164 23–61 passim, 24, 30, 32–3, 34, 36, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 48–9, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Loudon, John Claudius 159, 161, 163
Lucas (at Brooks of Birmingham) 109
Lucas, Rosa 199
M
Macfarlane, Walter 231
MacMillan, Kirkpatrick 92, 95
MacMillan velocipede 92, 92, 94, 95, 98, 111
making saddle for 106–10, 107–8
making wheels for 104–6
Mann, Tom 80
Margate 218, 223
Matheson, Mhairi 137–8
Maudsley Forming Machine 119, 127
‘Mave’, see Davis, Mark
Merthyr Tydfil Tramroad 19
mills, see factories and mills
‘Monkey’ 31, 35–6
Moore, James 91
Mostyn family 227
Mutoscope 232
N
Nash, John 217
National Coal Mining Museum 208
navvies 25–8, 26
work rate of and deaths among 27
Nettlefold Alpine Rock Garden 159
Newcomen steam engine 178, 179, 181, 190
Newcomen, Thomas 178, 190
Nielson and Co. 31
P
parks 160, 163
Peckett and Sons 31
Pier Pavilion Theatre, Llandudno 232
plough 67–8
steam-powered 68, 68
Pomfret, Henry 27
pre-rail wooden pathways, see ‘wagonways’
Prince of Wales (traction engine) 220, 244, 247
Puffing Billy 18, 19
Puffing Devil 16, 16
Pulham, James 174
Punch and Judy 236, 239
Q
Queensberry, Duke of 92
R
Radam, Brian 150, 165, 171
rail 10–61
first inter-city line 20–1, 21
Great Western 25
growing number of tunnels and bridges on 25
High Speed Two link 15
and holidays 222
and navvies 25–8, 26
new lines sanctioned for 22
prior to 12
and transport of fish 137
‘wagonways’ prior to, see ‘wagonways’ see also trains
railway stations 27, 45–7
railway time 51–2
Railways Act 1844 22
Robbens, William 127
Robbie (pit pony) 208
Rocket 21
rope 113–27, 114, 116, 122, 124–5, 126, 127, 129–33, 130, 131, 132, 133, 142
cat-o’-nine-tails made from 114, 117
hawser-laid 123
on HMS Victory 115, 117
Leader towed by 142
Manila fibres for 117–18, 120
manufacturing process of 119–20, 122, 123, 124–5, 126, 127
Ropery, Chatham Dockyard 117–23, 121, 126
length of 119
Routh, Oswald and Thomas 68
Rover Company 103
Royal Museum, Edinburgh 19
Royal Pavilion, Brighton 214, 216–17
Russell, Dr Richard 216
S
Scarborough 214, 216
Science Museum, London 19
Scottish Cycle Museum 92, 92
scythe 146–9, 146, 147, 148, 150
Severn Valley Railway 28–61, 29
volunteers for 44
signalman 51
slavery 70
spa towns 215–16
Starley, James 99
Starley, John 99
stationmaster 46–7
steam power 15–21
for boats and ships 127–8
and coal mining, see Newcomen steam engine
for factories and mills 76, 79
for traction engines, see traction engine
Stephenson, George 19–21, 178, 196
prize won by 21
Stephenson, Robert 20–1, 25, 26, 55–6
prize won by 21
Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) 20, 21
Swing Riots, see Inclosure Acts
T
tea plants, smuggling of 152
Thomson, Prof. James 83
Thomson, Robert 99
threshing machine 64–6, 65
timber 86, 89
hand-cranked crane for 90–1
two-man saw for 89
Titanic 193
tobacco 70
Tolpuddle Martyrs 66, 67
Tony (at Gayle Mill) 8, 84, 86, 101–2
traction engine:
Chief 88, 89–90
for ploughing 67
Prince of Wales 220, 244, 247
trains 10–61
carriages, style of 22, 23
fares on 22
first toilets on 25
GWR 5101 class 31
and holidays 222
locomotives for, see locomotives
passengers of, class of 22, 25
rules for 22
steam power for 15–21
whistle on 54, 55
whistles and trumpets on 55–6
see also rail
tree felling 86
Trevithic, Richard 16, 19
triangular trade 68, 70
Triumph Cycle Company 103
V
velocipede, see MacMillan velocipede
Victoria, Queen 220
rail comfort of 23
W
‘wagonways’ 12, 15
Wakes Week 222, 223, 227
Walter, George William 100
Ward, Nathaniel 152
Wardian Case 151, 152–3
water power 83–4
at Gayle Mill, see Gayle Mill
Roman use of 83
Watt, James 178
Weatherburn, Martin 55
weaver 64
Wellington, Duke of 25
Weymouth 218
wheels, making 104–6
Wilkins, Mike 41–2
Will (at Gayle Mill) 86
Will (at Severn Valley Railway) 41
Williamson Bros 83
Wilson, Ernest 160, 162, 163
Wittie, Dr Robert 216
Wollaton Wagonway 15
Wylam Dilly 19
Y
York Handmade Brick Company 178, 181
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