A page from the May 1878 Illustrated London News, detailing the cotton riots in Lancashire, which were the response to a proprosed 10% reduction in workers wages. The pictures clockwise from top right are as follows: - Drawing room and part of the kitchen in Colonel Jackson's house, destroyed by rioters - Hopwood's Mill - Bivouac of Lancers in Volunteer Artillery drill shed, Blackburn - Colonel Raynsford Jackson's Mill - Haslingden Mill in ruins