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Stand on the toll bridge by Eling Tide Mill, where this photograph was taken, and you will see that the tall chimney on the left has gone, as have many of the other industrial units seen in this photograph

There used to be a 17th-century water mill by the pool, but it was demolished in 1962, soon after this photograph was taken.

Sited to take full advantage of the winds blowing off the Irish Sea, it was built as a corn mill in about 1805.

The view looks upstream to Low Moor Mill, which produced cotton cloth until it closed in the 1950s. Its site is now occupied by a housing development.

In the 18th century, fast flowing streams powered a variety of mills around the village, and many of its cottages date from this period, built to house an expanding work force.

What is there more pleasurable than to take a rowing boat out onto a picturesque, well-treed lake, to escape for an afternoon of peace and relaxation away from Leicester's factories and mills?

A delivery vehicle waits outside Henry Milling & Co's shop in this view from Lymm Cross towards the Bridgewater Canal.

The horse and trap are coming up Old Paper Mill Lane, which seems too narrow to have enabled the van and the trap to pass.

A record of the 17th century reveals that Fittleworth Mill was used for the production of flour and malt.

The local churchyard includes a famous, intricately carved monument to 'Brusher' Mills, a renowned local snake catcher who died about 50 years before this photograph was taken.

Bricks were made here in Victorian times, and there were several flour mills.

Arthur Ransome included Pin Mill and its activities in We Didn't Mean to go to Sea (1937).

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

This small historic black-tarred weatherboarded post mill with an open trestle is powered by two common and two spring sails, and is turned to the wind manually by a tail pole.

Whitworth Brothers Flour Mills stand beside the A509 London Road bridge.

At Caley Mill there is a lavender water distillery, and in late summer the fields shimmer with a deep blue.

The cinema (left) offers 'Easter Parade' with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, or a boxing match between Freddy Mills and Joe Woodcock.

The Mill C1960 Izaak Walton fished here in the Meon, reflecting that the valley 'exceeds all England for swift, shallow, clear, pleasant brooks and store of trout'.

The Frome Valley, dotted with mills and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

This quiet scene belies the fact that behind the camera Willow Vale gives way to the busy town mill. The boarded-up shop is now a thriving cycle shop.

Occupying a hill-top, Preesall grew as a small market around a corn mill and two pubs, both of which are shown here, the Black Bull and the Saracen's Head.

In 1627 Richard Foley opened a slitting mill at Hyde in Kinver for the purpose of cutting iron rods into suitable lengths for nailers.At this time nailmaking was an important industry in southern Staffordshire

Sail cloth weaving, boat building and corn milling flourished here until the 1920s. Favourite inns were the Plough and the Coach and Horses.

Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent is still a popular stopping place for visitors, although the Old Corn Mill inn has recently closed, a victim of drink/drive laws.