The ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' was a

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newspaper, founded in 1889. It was published weekly between 3 January 1890 and 29 December 1899. The newspaper was initially edited by

Joseph Burgess Joseph Burgess (1853–1934) was a British journalist, writer and Labour politician. He was born on 3 July 1853 in Failsworth, Lancashire, the third of six children of handloom weavers, and was educated at a print works school in Failsworth. H ...

and published from

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. The ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' was sold at the price of one

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.Mutch, Deborah.
English Socialist Periodicals: 1880-1900 : a Reference Source
'. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005. p. 3 The ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' had started as an offshoot of the conservative ''

Cotton Factory Times The ''Cotton Factory Times'' was a weekly British newspaper, aimed at cotton mill workers in Lancashire and Cheshire. The newspaper was established in 1885 by John Andrew, owner of the daily ''Ashton Evening Reporter'' and several related newspap ...

''. Under Burgess' editorship the ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' moved towards

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positions, arguing in favour of socialist New Unionism. Simultaneously, Burgess published the ''Workman's Times''. There was some overlapping in articles between the two papers. In 1894 the editorial post was passed on to C. Allen Clarke, an

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member. William Henry Drew, one of the founders of this party, was a correspondent. The ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' frequently carried serialized fictional novels in its pages. Examples of such serialized novels include ''Lancashire Lads and Lasses'' (which ran from November 1895 to February 1896) and ''The Knobstick'', both authored by C. Allen Clarke. Through publishing serialized novels, the ''Yorkshire Factory Times'' made fictional literature available to workers (who would have problems buying the more expensive bound volumes of literature). In the 1910s, the name was changed to ''Yorkshire Factory Times and Workers Weekly Record''. From May 1918 onwards, the newspaper was published by the Labour Party politician Ben Turner as the organ of the textile workers union. Between November 1919 and June 1922, the newspaper was named ''Labour Pioneer''. The name was changed back to ''The Yorkshire Factory Times and Workers Weekly Record'' in July 1922. The newspaper ceased publication in April 1926.
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