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The Industrial Revolution

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~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:13

Good or Bad?

RodGee

RodGee Report 18 Jun 2009 20:19

good

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:22

I think so too, even though it had a negative impact on so many lives ~ but why?

RodGee

RodGee Report 18 Jun 2009 20:29

the progress that was made in machines and processes

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:30

ah but what about working conditions?

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 18 Jun 2009 20:30

no matter what it had to be good a move forward

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Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:32

my thinking too without our ancesters going through it nothing would have improved ~ but was the cost too high?

RodGee

RodGee Report 18 Jun 2009 20:35

things changed for the better workconditions before were appaling and wages so low that families starved

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:38

yes and so many accidents and death ~ and what of the child labour?

RodGee

RodGee Report 18 Jun 2009 20:40

theremuch more so was deaths and child labour before it

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 18 Jun 2009 20:41

Mel for them the cost was high, but that was the ruling then, for us well who knows.

Some countries still demand a life for a life etc. My belief is no matter where you come from if you violated that countries laws then you except their punishment. I don't agree with the fact that they will crush a childs arm for stealing bread. But if the UK had different laws then maybe there would not be the violence you see today

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Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 18 Jun 2009 20:43

a case of meeting ideals and thoughts

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Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:45

those are all good points ~ but are factory workers of today paid fairly for the job they do?

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 18 Jun 2009 20:53

Mel even today people are not paid a fair wage, they say the minimum wage is X but there are so many under that.

Check out average wage to fair wage

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Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 20:55

Ah so it could be argued {politely} that the industrial revolution did nothing or little to help a man {or lady} earn a fair days pay?

RodGee

RodGee Report 18 Jun 2009 20:57

completely different thing from what you said at start of thread
depends which factories you are meaning

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 21:03

Its hypothetical Rod ~ its progession or maybe not . . .

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 18 Jun 2009 21:13

Let's put it this way.

I believe that if I were working in a factory today ......on the minimum wage.......with all the health and safety laws .......and the European directives dictating how long I am allowed to work per shift I'd have a damn sight better standard of living than my ancestors would've had during the Industrial revolution. **(probably would without the euro directive and h&s but that's a dif debate lol)

Life was harder then....

It's not right or wrong it was just the way it was.xx

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All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.

~♥footie~angel♥~

~♥footie~angel♥~ Report 18 Jun 2009 21:17

very true ~ we may have a better quality of life but are we any happier?

Whirley

Whirley Report 18 Jun 2009 21:20

Are you Mel?

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