For most people today, it’s hard to imagine what life was like in the years just after the Second World War. At this point in history, many of the mills that defined the landscape were either ...

Work has started to bring one of Blackburn's most iconic mills back to its former glory. Imperial Mill was built in 1901 and stands alongside the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near to Whitebirk.

Shuttles, Steam and Soot: A cotton mill in Lancashire by Daniel Meadows is on show at Four Corners on Roman Road in Bethnal Green, London, until 29 March 2025.

It was one of many similar machines installed in mills in Derbyshire and Lancashire and powered by ... money by building & licensing mills to spin cotton with these machines Comments are closed ...

Gandhi therefore took the time to see what conditions were like for Lancashire cotton workers. As ever, Gandhi was in sympathy with the working people, though not so with the mill-owners.

At this point in history, many of the mills that defined the landscape were either abandoned or repurposed and the cotton industry that had built Lancashire towns like Oldham was falling behind ...