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Down in Derbyshire (9th Sep 2007)
9th Sep 2007
Virginia
and
I
spent
a
few
nights
at
"Willersley
Castle"
in
Derbyshire
during
September
2007,
seeing
history
in
the
area.
Our
hotel
had
originally
been
built
for
Richard
Arkwright
we
discovered.
All
I
knew
about
Arkwright
was
that
he
invented
the
spinning
jenny.
I
learnt
he
didn't
invent
the
water
frame,
his
big
innovation
and
what
made
him
rich
was
implementing
a
factory
system
for
processing
raw
cotton
into
cotton
thread.