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The view from the roof of Bent's Brewery.

Facing Undercliff Road are (from left to right) the 1930s Trent's Café; the Town Hall of 1892; the Empire Café; Bent Hill; and the Felix Hotel of 1903, with the Spa Pavilion of 1909 below.

In 1803, John Johnson opened a small soap factory; within thirty years Johnson Brothers were manufacturing 36 per cent of the country's soap and had diversified into coal and chemicals.

The name 'Bentley' means 'woodland clearing where bents grow.'

Suddenly in November the Chancellor increased the purchase tax on new cars by 50 to 60 per cent in order to suppress the growing demand.

The north winds have taken their toll and bent the lamp-posts which illuminate this slope during the evening.

This shows the view from the roof of Bent's Brewery.

Raw cotton imports and finished cotton exports represented about 70 per cent of the value of goods being shipped, though since 1951 oil had become the primary tonnage commodity.

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

The well had the reputation of curing barrenness in women, and offerings of bent pins were sometimes left there.

dilapidation of whole quarters have reminded me of Strasbourg which I saw soon after the bombardment'.The area was notorious, wells were contaminated with raw sewage, and the death rate was 3.2 per cent

In this century, walks around Stocks Reservoir ('the Jewel of the Forest of Bowland') are increasingly popular; the area has 70 per cent of the UK breeding population of hen harriers.

Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per cent

With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.

With her stockings cut away at the ankles, she paddles barefoot in the freezing water, bent double for hours on end.

In 1964 this beautiful and historic bridge, built in 1617, finally bent to the increase of traffic and was demolished and replaced with a modern concrete structure.