Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history If you were a boy or girl growing up in Bolton in 1900, there’d be a strong chance that from the age of 12 you’d go to work as a ‘half-timer’ in the mills. The other half of the day would be spent at school. The system came into force in the 1830s, as a progressive measure to limit the employment of children as young as five or six. Child labour was particularly prevalent in the booming industrial towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was not uncommon for children to work 12 hour shifts or longer and the accident rate was horrific.
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Today a referendum in Switzerland produced a sweeping 67.8% vote in favor of toughening the country s asylum laws. Every Canton (State) voted for the proposal. The vote is a personal triumph for Justice Minister Christoph Blocher, leader of the Swiss People s Party, who has played a pivotal role in shifting his countryís immigration policy towards restriction. Blocher is invariably described as Right-wing and a billionaire. (Why doesn t America have such billionaire patriots?)
The reality is it would be extremely easy for tiny Switzerland (population less than 6 million native Swiss) to be utterly swamped by immigration, particularly given the countryís high prosperity and central location on major European trade routes. And the usual disingenuous voices are raised to promote that objective, ranging from International Aid Bureaucrats comfortably ensconced in the country, to shamefully, a former President employing a familiar mau-mauing tactic:
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The twenty second in a series by Stress Matters, who have been asking those across the events industry - how are you doing?
Richard Waddington, former CEO and founder of First Protocol (now First Agency), chair of the Event Marketing Association (EMA).
I ve been in the events industry since I was 14 when I started helping out in the kitchens of our local hotel washing pots and peeling veg, eventually progressing to the restaurant – Id made it!! Well, certainly got the bug for hospitality. I’ve just turned 60 which I find hard to believe, but hey it’s only a number.