meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
HistoryExtra podcast

The Radium Girls and the cotton revolution

HistoryExtra podcast

HistoryExtra

History

4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Kate Moore describes the tragic story of a group of women who were exposed to radium in 20th-century America, while Terry Wyke visits a key site from Britain’s textile heritage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

There's a Peugeot SUV for everyone and every need.

0:04.3

Sport for choice.

0:05.2

I like it.

0:06.3

From the Compact 2008, the stylish 3008 to the Rumi New 5,08.

0:11.5

Weekend adventures, here we come.

0:13.3

Now available on 0% APR with a minimum 20% deposit.

0:17.1

Sounds like 100% match.

0:18.8

Book a test drive on perjow.co. UK.

0:22.0

Offer ends 30 of September 2025.

0:24.1

Personal contract purchase, subject status and availability, T's and Zs 18 plus,

0:27.6

excludes plug-in hybrids, Delantis Financial Services.

0:42.6

They would chuck radioactive waste just down the men's loos.

0:46.5

There'd be a kind of waste pipe that was discharging above a children's playground.

0:52.6

The women just wore cotton smocks, and they'd have kind of cans of soda that they could drink in the workroom and so on. That was Kate Moore discussing the tragic story of the Radium Girls.

0:56.9

This revolution that began in cotton spinning, particularly in the water-powered phase,

1:02.4

was taking place all over the country.

1:04.3

It was, however, with the steam-powered phase, that one begins to see a growing concentration

1:08.9

of the industry in and around South East Lancashire.

1:13.8

And that was Terry Weike, talking about Britain's cotton industry.

1:20.6

You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History magazine.

1:26.1

We're the UK's best-selling history magazine,

1:29.5

available in print and several digital formats all over the world.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from HistoryExtra, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of HistoryExtra and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.