Essay - Fictional Family in the Textile Business in London 1850-1914 This...

Fictional family in the textile business in London 1850-1914

This paper is a fictional account of a ***** in ***** textile ***** in *****. The time period is 1850 to 1914 and makes reference to inventions, trends and other textile pertinent data. In addition the family role in society ***** addressed through the use ***** plot structure and dialogue.

The Mills of The Bedford Family

Julianne heard him enter the ho***** before she saw him, but that was ***** way it ***** with her brot*****. Alan was the most energetic young man she knew and his dedication to the ***** ***** bus*****ess was unmatched by anyone in London or the surrounding areas. As he breezed in***** t***** room he glanced at Julianne ***** address*****g their father.

Father, we need to hire some *****avers right now! That shipment ***** machines from America has been delayed and there are none ***** be had in the city. Each passing day is costing us more than th***** house is worth!"

Bradley smiled at his only son. He remem*****red his own youthful textile days with warmth and happiness. Watching his son bounding in ***** discussing the needs of the family mills was something he had waited his whole adult life to see. Now that it was here, he was proud of the man his son had become. While ***** poured a drink for himself ********** his father, Bradley took a moment to reminisce the life they had so carefully built and protected in London. Today, in 1914 the ***** mills for the most part ran smoothly as long as they had proper management but it w***** not always that way. Bradley remembered being a boy ***** hearing the arguments and the tempers flare around the fire late at night between his fa*****r and his gr*****father about the workers and ***** way they were treated.

In 1850 ***** had been a mere thought but after his birth he *****ard the stories as if they had happened ***** morning. Everything was done by h*****, just about because of the grandfa*****r's refusal to let the power machines take the place of workers that had ***** loyal to him ***** their entire ***** lives. The industry was on the brink of some exc*****ing and revolutionizing discoveries that would change the direction ***** the industry forever. But nobody knew what ***** around ***** corner, ***** only knew what they ***** then and it was a family operated business, which his gr*****father had built with his ***** father in the early 1800's. It ***** during the time when London still had a high society ***** of life and Bradley's family was on the top of ***** social list when it came to parties and command performance visits for members of the royal family. The Bedford's were known throughout ***** for *****ir wealth and power, but they were also ***** for the way *****y treated their employees. Many factories at the time were using child labor. Bradley still re***** a fight he