Respect

I came across this on my travels.It was attached to a bunch of carnations on a mesh covering a door of a defunct Lancashire cotton mill
After some research and enquiries, I discovered these poor millworkers had died when a faulty steam pipe ruptured and they were scalded to death.
A winder was someone who threaded cotton onto shuttles.
I found it very humbling and moving that someone had remembered these poor girls 100 years on.
There is more information about the tragedy here: http://www.leighlife.com/?page=5&rev=1262193139&id=leighlife:dan_lane_mill

Respect and love to those who died and also to the caring person who attached the flowers.