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WORKERS' PLAYTIME

Until 9 September

a John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester

t 0161 306 0555

w library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/events/ workers-playtime

This exhibition explores the culture and communities created by factory workers in 19thcentury Lancashire to create a better, fuller life for themselves and their children. Free.

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