Sunny Bank Mills Audio Walk

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An audio walk telling the curious tales of a former worsted wool mill.


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Penny Hole

This little passageway was known as a penny hole of a penny oil in my bad Yorkshire accent. If a wor…

Strange Mirrors

There are all sorts of funny things hanging off the walls of these mill. Up above you, you'll see an…

Sunny Bank House / Our Margaret

The old Mill Manager's house.

Coal pits

The deep dark pits you see beside you were actually coalpits to feed the boilers which created the s…

Rebar "Sculpture"

This large tangle of metal that looks like a large pile of rusting spaghetti actually came from the …

The Colonnade

The 12 columns and the concrete floor are all that remain of the doubling and twisting departments a…

1912 Mill

The tall 1912 mill was constructed in the same year that Titanic sank. It was built by the then owne…

Mangle

Behind the glass screen is a mangle. This machine was in the scouring department, that's the departm…

Fires at Sunny Bank Mills

Sunny bank Mills has known many fires over the years, including one in 1944, in this very building, …

Protection from fire at Sunny Bank Mills

The tangle of red pipes and valves that can be seen through the glass panel here is a main sprinkle …

Dye Garden

The dye garden contains a small botanical collection of plant were used by our forefathers for dyein…

Memorial Benches

The pair at the pair of memorial benches were erected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a dread…

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