HC Deb 29 April 1970 vol 800 c335W
87. Mr. Scott-Hopkins

asked the Minister of Technology if he will arrange an exhibition in 1971 to mark the bicentenary of William Arkwright, who initiated the English industrial revolution.

Dr. Ernest A. Davies:

The bicentenary of Sir Richard Arkwright's first patent en the spinning machine was marked in 1969 with an exhibition at the Science Museum. Private organisations are, I understand, making arrangements to mark the bicentenary of the first Arkwright factory in 1971, and we are considering what help, if any, can be given.

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