How did the living and working conditions affect the lives of the parish apprentices at Styal in the 1830s?

Styal is near Manchester. The map section below explains. In the 1830s Quarry Bank Mill was a cotton spinning factory. Samuel Greg was seen as a good employer in the 1830s because then, the other employers were much harsher on their workers. The age that Greg let his workers work was older than other employers as well. Samuel Greg was a nice man compared to other employers. Other employers didn't feed their workers much. Also …

…slow it was. I think the best part was the bit where you could make your own water wheel. I think that life was very hard for the parish apprentices. They had no freedom. All of their childhood was spent working and cleaning. But if they didn't work at the mill they would have been on the streets. So I think that life was hard but at least they had a roof over their head.