I’ve long wanted to visit the mill at Quarry Bank in Cheshire, and in April my opportunity finally came during our holiday. I went with no preconceived ideas about what I might photograph, just following in instincts. We started off in the mill building, beginning in the administrative offices…

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Capturing good photos of the mill machinery was tricky, but there were lots of opportunities for grimy details!

When the sun came out it created some lovely contrasts through the mill’s small windows.

Styal Village was where many of the mill workers lived and this cottage has remained unchanged since the last inhabitants moved out in the 1980s. By the state of the interior, it had very little work done before that to improve living conditions.