2012-01-08, 1:53 p.m.: A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. She was tending her "sides" like a veteran, but after I took the photo, the overseer came up and said in an apologetic tone that was pathetic, "She just happened in." Then a moment later he repeated the information. The mills appear to be full of youngsters that "just happened in," or " are helping sister." Dec. 3, 08. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Newberry, South Carolina / Photo by Lewis W. Hine. (From the Wikipedia Commons page)
Watching the BBC version of 'North and South' (by 'Mrs.' Gaskell, aka Elizabeth Gaskell), and nothing seems to capture the essence of the thing, and its age, more than the above photo.
The severing of fingers was a danger, but what the workers mainly died of was so-called brown lung (byssinosis).
Stormsongs (aka the guy who most torments and obsesses over GRRM - yes! there is someone out there more obsessive than you when it comes to ASOIAF)Translationista
2011-12-27, 11:16 a.m.: It's the day after Boxing Day and so of course we are re-watching "The Lord of the Rings" in full ... or have started to at least.
2011-07-11, 12:21 a.m.: What's weird is finding old Bathsheba, vintage Bathsheba, on the Wayback Machine. Because the internet never goes away. At least it doesn't seem to be incriminating (and you can see the evolution of my HTML/design skills and sensibility):
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