The 'Dark Side' of the Lace Industry by

Groups of people effected by the lace Industry through the years:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 09:49:44 UTC

o Slave Trade - supplies of raw cotton produced + cleaned - plantations in America exported to England - Textiles industry

o Workers - working conditions, treatment, job loss - not stable etc

o Luddites - protest against the changing industry - new machinery.

Where?

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 09:56:14 UTC

In the caves under Nottingham Castle. It's hidden history as people don't talk about it as much. They talk more about the prosperous side of the lace industry.

Layout:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:04:52 UTC

Split the cave into four sections.

Each group has there own section.

An extra section for extra info if people wish to know more. (QR codes + a help desk)

It starts the earliest history section and as you go through the cave you go through the time periods.

Section 1: The Slave Trade - from the 16th - 19th century

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:06:39 UTC

A mini 3D printed version of this statue.

The "Standing In This Place" statue in Nottingham commemorates the often overlooked contributions of women in the textile industry, particularly focusing on the transatlantic connection between enslaved women in the Americas and white mill workers in the East Midlands.

Section 3: Luddites 1811 - 1817

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:11:26 UTC

Pictures like this hung up on the walls.

Machinery as well, what they actually were like.

Section 3:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:12:43 UTC

Section 4: Extra Info and how the audience interacted with it:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:14:29 UTC

QR codes with extra info

Section 2: The Workers 18th - early 20th Century

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:20:34 UTC

Photos from the time + drawings

Section 2:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:22:32 UTC

Stories from workers from Nottingham Archives told by actors

Section 1:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:24:38 UTC

Shows which countries profited the most off the slave trade.

How they all linked together.

Boat journeys mapped out through lines and dots joined together

Target Audience:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:38:37 UTC

For students and adults

Reading age of 12+ but small bits of info next to each photo or drawing or interactive. A small plaque

Free entry - no money needed to enter so it appeals to students and doesn't stop anyone who wants to learn.

Donations box in each section

Themes:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:41:37 UTC

o chronological order - through time + split into groups so its easy to follow.

o exploitation of vulnerable people.

o Rebellion - how people rise up over bad treatment + exploitation.

How it all links to modern life:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 10:49:01 UTC

o Civil Rights movement

o Equal Rights

o Workers Rights

o how society has changed and developed now because of exploitation and rebellion

Interactives:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:24:00 UTC

To get people to engage with if they believe these groups of people helped change society. And which ones for them created the most impact.

Interactives:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:28:41 UTC

People can write how they engaged with everything. What group had the biggest impact on society in their opinion. Get them to write a before post it note on a board at the start then one at the end of the caves. Too see how their opinions may have changed and developed.

Pictures:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:31:30 UTC

Have them like this, in a circle. Pictures. So people of all heights can access it. See ones lower down etc.

Aim:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:36:32 UTC

To help people understand through Nottingham's history of lace how society has changed thanks to the experiences of people from the past. How they have a lasting impact on culture, identity, and places. Like Nottingham will always be known for how prosperous their lace industry was but this raises awareness to those groups who were behind it and were exploited by it.

Luddite stories:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:46:29 UTC

Ned Ludd - a mythical figure, served as the movement's symbolic leader, inspiring textile workers to destroy machinery they saw as a threat to their livelihoods.

A secret oath-based organization of English textile workers in the 1800s.

Workers + Factory stories:

joannayoung24 — 2025-08-01 11:51:08 UTC

Some of Nottingham's best known industrialists were textile manufacturers, including Thomas Adams, Birkin's, Morley's and J Jardine. - dive into their stories a little with pictures of their workplace accompanying them.