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But there are links with an older Bangor: the wide space once held cotton mills when that was a protected industry in Ireland.

same industry in Bradford on Avon (it produced, among others things, the rubber washers used worldwide in aero- sol cans) are about to undergo commercial and residential development on the Kingston Mill

The corner owes its name to Abraham Newlands, who owned nearby Postford Mill on the Tilling Bourne, where he made banknotes.

Running downhill into Stanstead Abbots from the north-east, Cats Hill presents a formidable hazard to modern motorists. It was not so in the 1960s, without a vehicle in view.

Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire. It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground. Here, too, is the Miller's Tomb.

It was once a centre for the hand spinning of cotton, but was unable to compete with the industrialized mills of New Lanark.

Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire. It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.

It was cast in a cameo role alongside Hayley Mills in the 1958 film 'Tiger Bay'.

times, the first blast furnaces were being introduced; the blast was provided by water powered bellows.Water wheels also provided the motive power for the early drop hammers and the first slitting mills

In 1895, St Neots announced the opening of its spa of refreshing and invigorating water emanating from a spring by the Paper Mill.

The buildings behind were attached to the rear of the mill and also contained stabling.

Kipling's literary work 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) is set in the area. Park Mill, a watermill built in 1795, became part of Batemans and is restored to working order.

The road on the left leads down to Paper Mill and the ford across the River Rib.

There is a mark on the mill showing the floods of 1884 and 1922 but since the late 1930s and the construction of the Eye Brook Reservoir upstream, the flood danger is not so great.

The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed. All was set for Standon to slip into a decline.

The mill chimneys were an ever-present reminder of the source of the family's wagepacket. This view of the town is from St Andrew's Church (rebuilt in 1848 in the Perpendicular style).

A local mill made the best gunpowder in Europe. An iron pot containing a large number of coins of Edward the Confessor was found in 1876.

variations in its name (Bakesalf, Beckhalgh) speak of a long history, and so do 15th-century Bashall Hall, home of the powerful Talbot family, and the old Red Pump coaching inn and the remains of a corn mill

Nowhere was this effect felt more strongly that at the paper mills, where a severe downturn in the industry caused grave problems.

In the distance, high on the hill, stands the abbey, and to the west is the Old Bell Hotel.

There was a pond, which caused legal difficulties: the nearby linen mills had rights to the supply of water, and the delays made some councillors impatient for the work that would be provided for the unemployed

It was owned by Richardson Sons and Owens, whose extensive mills and factories were at Bessbrook in County Armagh.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.