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From the mid-nineteenth century and well past the dawning of the twentieth century, North West…
I have always called the ubiquitous, all-dominating, tall, cotton mill and factory chimneys in Lancashire’s…
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
Alan & Christine find many millstones lying abandoned in the Peak District.
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
An extract from "Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails" by Christine McEwen:
One of the famous Fred Dibnah’s chimney drops carried out in 1989.