Ruth-Anne travels to the Cotton Famine Road in Rochdale, one of the lasting monuments to this turbulent time in working-class history in the North-West. We speak to Alan Rawsterne from the Rooley Moor Neighbourhood Forum and playwright Mick Martin about what the Cotton Famine road symbolises for them today. 
 
 
Written and presented by Ruth-Anne Walbank
Produced by Daniel Woodburn
Music by Oleksii Kaplunskyi 

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6. After the Famine

Uncover a forgotten piece of working-class history through poetry, newspapers, and more.


Join Ruth-Anne to explore the Lancashire Cotton Famine in a six-episode mini-series. Learn from Lancashire locals and leading experts about how the cotton weaving industry in North-West England connected to the American Civil War, the fight against slavery, and Victorian literature.