Working class sink?
This sandstone sink was excavated from a site which included the remains of the Albert Club, founded for Manchester's community of middle class Germans involved in the cotton trade.
Friedrich Engels became a member in 1842 and it was while living in Manchester that he experienced the horrific conditions people worked in, which inspired his book The Condition of the Working Class in England.
Along with the remains of some cotton workers' terraced houses, the ruins of the club were discovered in 2013 on the site of the National Graphene Institute, and graphene Nobel laureate Sir Kostya Novoselov, together with his students, removed the sink to ensure it remains as a permanent reminder of Manchester's industrial past. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels
Working class sink?
This sandstone sink was excavated from a site which included the remains of the Albert Club, founded for Manchester's community of middle class Germans involved in the cotton trade.
Friedrich Engels became a member in 1842 and it was while living in Manchester that he experienced the horrific conditions people worked in, which inspired his book The Condition of the Working Class in England.
Along with the remains of some cotton workers' terraced houses, the ruins of the club were discovered in 2013 on the site of the National Graphene Institute, and graphene Nobel laureate Sir Kostya Novoselov, together with his students, removed the sink to ensure it remains as a permanent reminder of Manchester's industrial past. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels