Mills are a rich and fascinating part of our history. These sleeping giants are a defining feature on the skyline of our industrial landscape, standing as a tangible link to the past.
‘Northern Soul’ is shorthand for a once ‘underground’ subculture that originally developed among young, mostly working-class people in the north of England in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Mills are a huge part of northern history, but many are lying vacant and under threat. Here we look at 6 examples of new uses for mills in the North West.