... apprentice house split up the girls and boys dormitories where there were two to a bed. Other mills which housed apprentices didn't split the girls and boys up and they didn't provide anyone to look after them. The pauper apprentices at the Greg's all received an education which took place on a Sunday. The other mills didn't provide any sort of education for any of the pauper apprentices. The pauper apprentices at Styal never had any spare time. In the time that they were not working or in school they done chores. The boys would help with the gardening and looking after the allotments while the girls made clothes and cleaned the apprentice house. The Greg's made sure all their pauper apprentices were healthy by providing a doctor who gave them regular health checks. This was unlike all other mills. The Greg's also fed and clothed their pauper apprentices. Every ...

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