Greenfield Mill, Colne
North Valley Road through Colne used to be lined with several sister mills to the Smith & Nephew Brierfield Mills, but all have been demolished and replaced with shiny new supermarkets and car dealerships which gives a veneer of modernity to impress people passing through. But away from this facade is another typical East Lancashire mill town - terraced houses and a few crumbling mills (most have been demolished).
A sprawling complex of various mills butts up to the river north of the town centre. There wasn't much that interested me on an individual basis, but I liked this scene looking down the river.
A sprawling complex of various mills butts up to the river north of the town centre. There wasn't much that interested me on an individual basis, but I liked this scene looking down the river.
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By Sue: These are great. My father was born and raised in Burnley 1926, till he moved to Canada in 1954. All of the family going back worked in the mills. First Preston and then in Burnley. Grandma died when I was 10 but I understand her life was pretty hard. My cousins say she was a lovely, good and dignified person to know. I remember her as a wonderful Grandmother when she visited. She lived on Cuerden by the brush factory. I got the impressions that it was right beside it.