The bronze Mossley Mill Girl statue stands outside George Lawton Hall on Stamford Street in Top Mossley, Tameside, Greater Manchester, on the site of the former Albion Mill
This commissioned bronze sculpture is part of the Tameside heritage statue series created by Escar UK Bronze and was unveiled on 18 December 2006 by former mill worker Gina Smith
The life-sized Mossley Mill Girl sculpture depicts a woman in traditional mill-worker clothing carrying baskets of bobbins, celebrating the women whose labour helped build the town’s textile industry
The statue honours the often-overlooked contribution of working-class women to the industrial economy of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Set outside George Lawton Hall, the Mossley Mill Girl bronze sculpture connects the former Albion Mill site with Mossley textile heritage and the people who worked in its mills
Women employed in textile mills often faced long working days, demanding tasks and difficult conditions while supporting themselves and their families
Their skill and labour helped sustain the textile industry and shaped the life of Mossley’s communities
Working conditions changed over time as employment legislation and health and safety protections developed
The statue gives these workers a lasting place in the town’s public landscape, with its baskets of bobbins providing a clear link to their everyday work
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The Mossley Mill Girl statue stands outside George Lawton Hall on Stamford Street in Top Mossley, Tameside, Greater Manchester, on the former Albion Mill site
The life-sized bronze figure honours the women who worked in Mossley’s textile mills and their contribution to the town’s industrial heritage
The figure carries baskets of bobbins, linking the sculpture to the everyday tools and work of the textile industry
The sculpture was unveiled on 18 December 2006 by former mill worker Gina Smith, as recorded in Escar UK Bronze’s project account
Escar UK Bronze created the commissioned bronze sculpture as part of the Tameside heritage statue series, with concept drawings by Julie Wilkinson shown above
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