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A lovely view of Regent Mill and adjacent mills at Failsworth. This is there there although no longer a coton mill of course. It had a Buckley & Taylor of Oldham engine.

It turns out that Swailes Limited was a manufacturer of paper tubes, cones, and bobbins for the textile industry and had factories in Oldham and Rochdale.

I am interested in finding out more about Swails Mill, Molesworth Street, Rochdale where my Father was billeted for a time during the War in 1942. I am assuming it was a textile mill. Can anyone assist with this query?

New Mill Holland Street Astley Bridge

Dart Mill Union Road Bolton

North End Spinning Company No 2 Mill Tippings Road Bolton

Denvale Mills Union Road Bolton

Melrose Mill Cotton spinning mill Blackshaw Lane Deane Bolton now demolished 1937

Its a shame that all of the mills shown in this photo have since been demolished.

The Manor Mill still survives today but the Kent Mill has been demolished. The Hawthorn Mill went around 1972.

The Malta Mill still survives today but sadly the Jam Works has long since gone.

This was an ill-fated artificial silk mill. I stumbled on the image and was interested in the name. A couple of Google searches later I had found some of its history which I have attached to the image.

Known as Titanic Mills, it is now a spa and appartments



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FERGUSLIE MILL 1935

FERGUSLIE MILL - NOTE THE CANAL GOING TO JOHNSTONE

Wharf mill in Ashton-u-Lyne while being used as a warehouse

Wharf mill in Ashton-u-Lyne while being used as a warehouse

Shows Fox Mill, Lime Mill and AO Ferguson

COAT'S MILL,FERGUSLIE,PAISLEY

Many industrial town images from the air feature textile mills. Some are quite impressive and are seen at work, often in the 1920s. The Argyll Mill shown in the group header was where my grand father was mill engineer until the early 1960s in charge of the mill's mighty steam engines (built by George Saxon of Openshaw).