Reviews

`An excellently presented survey with a highly informative text which deals authoritatively with the growth of the region's cotton towns and the development of cotton mills; techniques of mill construction are discussed; the influence of manufacturing methods and machinery on mill design is examined. A selective, detailed inventory, a gazetteer of over 1000 mills, and 231 illustrations complete an invaluable and readable work of reference'. Northern History `In future it will become an essential starting point for anybody researching aspects of the Lancashire cotton industry. The book should also be read by anyone with an interest in the textile industries and the buildings of manufacturing industry in general.' Industrial Archaeology Review `But now at last we have a proper, memory-jerking record to ensure that even when all the cotton mills that once dominated the skylines of Bolton and much of Greater Manchester are gone, they will never be forgotten.' Bolton Evening News