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Saving Newsome Mills part three: If you’re not on the list…

Posted on March 27, 2012 by weeklyblogclub — Leave a comment

In Week 13 of Weekly Blog Club, Diane Sims has reported on the very latest trouble at t’Mill as well as continuing her fascinating story of saving this important local heritage. Saving Newsome Mills part three: If you’re not on…

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Saving Newsome Mills (part two): The day the sun came out

Posted on March 15, 2012 by weeklyblogclub — Leave a comment

Diane Sims continues the fascinating story of the saving of Newsome Mills in her Week 11 post. It is also the story of a very determined woman with a camera and a passion for a place. Saving Newsome Mills (part…

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Cameras, cannibals, cartography

Posted on March 4, 2012 by weeklyblogclub — 1 Comment

Week 9 was a busy week for Weekly Blog Club, and the deadline was at its most elastic (stretched till after midnight for the first time). There were (eventually!) 17 posts, covering as wide a range of topics as ever,…

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Saving Newsome Mills (part one): Tenterhooks

Posted on March 1, 2012 by weeklyblogclub — Leave a comment

There were lots of grand textile mills in the North of England, generally built to make woollen cloth in Yorkshire, and cotton in Lancashire (because the damp air West of the Pennines made it a bit easier to work with cotton).…

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