JOYCEAN PICS 2009
New Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Contents of This Page


  Mill Workers' House
  Robert Owen's House
  Mills
  Robert Owen's School
  River Clyde
  The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
  New Lanark: miscellanea
CONTENTS 2009
   1  Glasgow IASIL 2009@University of Glasgow
   2  Glasgow (Glaschu) and Joyce
   3  Glasgow (Glaschu): miscellanea
   4  Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)
   5  New Lanark, South Lanarkshire
   6  Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park (Pairc Naiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Troisichean)
   7  Oban (An t-Oban)
   8  Kilchurn Castle, Argyll and Bute
   9  Inveraray Castle (Caisteal Inbhir Aora), Argyll and Bute
  10  Glen Coe (Gleann Comhann), the Central Highlands
  11  Loch Lochy (Loch Lochaidh) and Loch Oich (Loch Omhaich) of the Caledonian Canal
  12  Loch Ness (Loch Nis) of the Caledonian Canal
  13  Inverness (Inbhir Nis)
  14  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath) and Joyce
  15  Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath): miscellanea
  16  Moneygall (Muine Gall), County Offaly
  17  Limerick (Luimneach)
  18  The Burren (Boireann), County Clare
  19  Doolin (Dulainn), County Clare
  20  The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair), County Clare
  21  Connemara (Conamara)
  22  London and Joyce
  23  London: miscellanea
  24  Bognor Regis, West Sussex
  25  Sidlesham, West Sussex
  26  Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
29 July, 2009


  New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers) from Lanark, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.  It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers.  Dale built the mills there to take advantage of the water power provided by the river.  Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism.
  The New Lanark mills operated until 1968.  After a period of decline, the New Lanark Conservation Trust (NLCT) was founded in 1975 to prevent demolition of the village.  By 2006 most of the buildings have been restored and the village has become a major tourist attraction.  It is one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland and an Anchor Point of ERIH - The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
  The New Lanark cotton mills were founded in 1786 by David Dale.  Dale was one of the self-made "Burgher Gentry" of Glasgow who, like most of this gentry, had a summer retreat, an estate at Rosebank, Cambuslang, not far from the Falls of Clyde, which have been painted by J. M. W. Turner and many other artists.
  Dale sold the mills, lands and village in the early 19th century for ￡60,000, payable over 20 years, to a partnership that included his son-in-law Robert Owen.  Owen was an industrialist who carried on his father-in-law's philanthropic approach to industrial working and who subsequently became an influential social reformer.  New Lanark, with its social and welfare programmes, epitomised his Utopian socialism (see also Owenism).
  The New Lanark mills depended upon water power.  A dam was constructed on the Clyde above New Lanark and water was drawn off the river to power the mill machinery.  The water first travelled through a tunnel, then through an open channel called the lade.  It then went to a number of water wheels in each mill building.  It was not until 1929 that the last waterwheel was replaced by a water turbine.  Water power is still used in New Lanark.  A new water turbine has been installed in Mill Number Three to provide electricity for the tourist areas of the village.
  In Owen's time some 2,500 people lived at New Lanark, many from the poorhouses of Glasgow and Edinburgh.  Although not the grimmest of mills by far, Owen found the conditions unsatisfactory and resolved to improve the workers' lot.  He paid particular attention to the needs of the 500 or so children living in the village (one of the tenement blocks is named Nursery Buildings) and working at the mills, and opened the first infants' school in Britain in 1816.
  The mills thrived commercially, but Owen's partners were unhappy at the extra expense incurred by his welfare programmes.  Unwilling to allow the mills to revert back to the old ways of operating, Owen bought out his partners.
  New Lanark became celebrated throughout Europe, with many leading royals, statesmen and reformers visiting the mills.  They were astonished to find a clean, healthy industrial environment with a content, vibrant workforce and a prosperous, viable business venture all rolled into one.  Owen’s philosophy was contrary to contemporary thinking, but he was able to demonstrate that it was not necessary for an industrial enterprise to treat its workers badly to be profitable.  Owen was able to show visitors the village’s excellent housing and amenities, and the accounts showing the profitability of the mills.
  As well as the mills' connections with reform, socialism and welfare, they are also representative of the Industrial Revolution that occurred in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries and which fundamentally altered the shape of the world.
  In 1825, control of New Lanark passed to the Walker family.  The Walkers managed the village until 1881, when it was sold to Birkmyre and Sommerville.  They and their successor companies remained in control until the mills closed in 1968.
  After the mills closed people started to move away from the village, and the buildings began to deteriorate.  In 1963 the New Lanark Association (NLA) was formed as a housing association and commenced the restoration of Caithness Row and Nursery Buildings.  In 1970 the mills, other industrial buildings and the houses used by Dale and Owen were sold to Metal Extractions Limited, a scrap metal company.  In 1974 the NLCT was founded to prevent demolition of the village.  A compulsory purchase order was used in 1983 to recover the mills and other buildings from Metal Extractions.  They are now controlled by the NLCT.  By 2005 most of the buildings have been restored and the village has become a major tourist attraction.  (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")
  

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Mill Workers' House
  
   Mill Workers' House, New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Robert Owen's saying in front of Mill Workers' House: "There shall be no human slavery, servitude, or inequality of condition, except the natural inequality of age and experience, which will for ever preserve order and harmony in society."
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Entrance to Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Mill Workers' House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Weathercock on the top of the Mill Workers' House
  
  
   
Robert Owen's House
  
   Robert Owen's House, New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Inside Robert Owen's House
  
  
   
Mills
  
   Mills, New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Mill Three (coffee shop and gift shop)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Mill Three (coffee shop and gift shop)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Mill Two (Roof Garden) and Mill Three (coffee shop and gift shop)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Millwheel by River Clyde
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Millwheel by River Clyde
  
  
   
Robert Owen's School
  
   Robert Owen's School, New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Owen's saying on the education of the young, New Lanark: "War may always be prevented, by those who adopt the principles of peace, being at all times, prepared to resist injustice and oppression; and this preparation may easily be effected by wise arrangements in the education of the young."
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Information board of the Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Europe and the Mediterranean Sea of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Middle East of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) North America of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Australia of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) East/South Asia of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) "The Sea of Corea" and its environs (Corea and Japan) of The Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Youngmin Kim (Dongguk University Seoul, Korea) is pointing the East Asia on the Terrestrial Globe (early 19C), Historic Classroom, Robert Owen's School.
  We were much impressed that Korea was spelled "Corea" in English and that the sea area Japan now calls "Nihon-kai" (The Sea of Japan) [while Korea calls it "Dong-hae" (East Sea)] was recorded as "The Sea of Corea" in the early nineteenth century Terrestrial Globe made in Britain.
  
  
   
River Clyde
  
   River Clyde in New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) River Clyde
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 (Wednesday 29 July) River Clyde
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 (Wednesday 29 July) River Clyde
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 (Wednesday 29 July) River Clyde
  
  
   
The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
  
   We had dinner at The Mill Pantry, a licensed cafeteria in Mill Three, New Lanark.
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Entrance to The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Youngmin Kim (Dongguk University, Korea) (left) and Elizabeth Grove-White (University of Victoria, Canada) (right), The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Dinner at The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Dinner at The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
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 (Wednesday 29 July) Dinner at The Mill Pantry (Mill Three)
  
  
   
Miscellanea
      New Lanark: miscellanea
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 (Wednesday 29 July) New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) New Lanark
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 (Wednesday 29 July) New Lanark by River Clyde




        


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