02 March 2020
Monday 02 March 2020
7pm
Norden Bowling Club
Trinity Street
Norden
OL12 7RD
Details:
Today's speaker is Jack Southern – ‘Romance of Cotton, Identity & the Cotton Queen’
“In the midst the depression in the early 1930s, the Lancashire cotton industry turned to radical attempts in an effort to reinvigorate trade, and promote cotton goods as a fashionable, high quality and high value product. Central to this was the presentation of Lancashire cotton, its operatives, and the relationship between the county and the industry. Focused around events in towns and villages, culminating in the crowning of the Lancashire Cotton Queen in Blackpool, these efforts sought to promote pride internally, and emotional obligation externally to the rest of the country."
This talk examines the events leading up to the depression, how Lancashire tried to fight against it, and how the county presented itself to the rest of England and the world.
Visit the link below for a full 2020 programme.
Entry fee: £2
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