Dreadful, Devastating Boiler Explosions
From the mid-nineteenth century and well past the dawning of the twentieth century, North West…
William Blinkhorn’s Monster Chimney ‘Little John’ Bolton, Lancashire
I have always called the ubiquitous, all-dominating, tall, cotton mill and factory chimneys in Lancashire’s…
Monk’s Bridge, near Rimington, Clitheroe
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
Seeking The Peak District’s Millstone Curiosities
Alan & Christine find many millstones lying abandoned in the Peak District.
Thorns Gill Bridge Gearstones, near Ribblehead, Ribblesdale
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
The Packhorse Bridge at Wycoller, near Colne, Lancashire
From Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails by Christine McEwen.
Oxygrains Old Bridge, Rishworth, Calderdale
An extract from "Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails" by Christine McEwen:
Lancashire Hill Mill Chimney Drop, Stockport
One of the famous Fred Dibnah’s chimney drops carried out in 1989.