Philanthropic housing for workers in the mines and mills of houses had small gardens in front of your job and lose your house
This was not just philanthropy as it was also one way for an employer to retain his workforce was to provide good quality housing. This also kept their workers healthy and sandstone houses usually had small gardens in front of them. The houses here overlooked the River Calder down in its gorge
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Location: Padiham, Lancashire, England
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