In 1750,there were no factories: people worked at home, or in little workshops employing just a few people. One hundred years later, everything had changed, ans millions were working in factories. During this period the number of people living in Manchester increased by 20 times, and in Birmingham and Glasgow by nearly as much. The factories were noisy, dirty, dangerous, and life was very hard for the factory workers. Men, women and children had to to work for up to 18 hours a day,and many accidents occurred because people were so tired. It wasn't until 1817 that parliament passed a law limiting the working day to 10 hours for women and children. Source Children usually started work at the age of nine, and were harshly punished for not paying not attention to their work even for looking out of the window. It was not just a few unlucky children either. In many factories at this time at least half the workers were children, and at least half of the grown-ups were women;
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