In the weaving workshop, you can see how silk workers lived and worked in the same space plus how the looms evolved from hand to electrical powered machines.
A group of British workers who became known as 'Luddites' were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of mechanised looms and knitting frames.
We spent the advance on a new car (a standard shift which Tabby hated and reviled in her most colorful millworker's language) and I signed a teaching contract for the 1973-1974 academic year.