0:00:02 > 0:00:05When we've finished with the boiler, I have to blow it down
0:00:05 > 0:00:09to get rid of the sediment in the bottom.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18It reminds me of the mills in Bolton when I was a boy.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Every Friday about half past five,
0:00:22 > 0:00:27they would blow down the boilers like this.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30When you're a kid, it's quite frightening.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35There were once 200 spinning mills in Bolton, now there's only one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38And that's propelled by electricity.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14One of the earliest recollections that I have as a small boy
0:01:14 > 0:01:19is the many chimney stacks that stood up round Burnden Park,
0:01:19 > 0:01:24and the smoke drifting out the tops of them. To me, it were romantic.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Unhealthy, but romantic.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Up to '60s, the textile industry was a major employer.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34In a Lancashire town like Burnley,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38there were more weaving looms than people.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Many mill owners became wealthy men.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48On a winter's night, where they had a night shift on in a big mill,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53you'd see hundreds of yards of line shafting, whirring round
0:01:53 > 0:01:56like chromium plates.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57And the noise!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Bolton was famous for fine spinning.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12But we're in East Lancashire, and this is Queen Street Mill in Burnley.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17They were famous for weaving. This is a great weaving shed.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23If you want to experience what it's like in a steam-driven weaving shed,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26this, without a doubt, is the place to come.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Good morning, Evelyn.- Morning.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- It's all quiet here this morning. - Yes, it is.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- When that big steam engine starts up the racket starts, doesn't it?- Yes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- You've had this job all your life. When did you start?- When I were 14.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46You'd to work,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50but hard work don't kill nobody, does it?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54I thought they were happy days.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Were you responsible for your own drive?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We'd go for the tackler, if your strap broke.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04'They were the men who looked after the machines.'
0:03:04 > 0:03:07We had a tackler, little Joe.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11You know, he were a real good tackler.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I'd say to him, "Here Joe. Have a toffee."
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It would buck him up a bit.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21These are a bit violent when they're going!
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It hit me on t'elbow, and I'm ready for going when tackler saw me,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29threw me over his shoulder and took me out.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- Have you ever been married? - No.- You've never been married?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- I've been married three times! - Have you?
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Oh, dear! You're greedy for punishment!- Yeah, I am!
0:03:44 > 0:03:48How long did it take you to learn when you started?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Eight weeks, and I were gormless!
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Time went on, and the years went on,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- and I started learning people meself.- Yeah.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Her what learnt me said,
0:04:01 > 0:04:07"Evelyn, I never thought you'd learn someone to weave - you were gormless!"
0:04:13 > 0:04:17In an electrically driven weaving shed,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21there's only the electric motors and the looms making the racket.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Here, we've already got tons of racket,
0:04:25 > 0:04:30from the bevel gears from the main shaft driven by the steam engine,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34driving all these line shaftings and all the clack of the belts.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Should imagine being, like, 14 years old, arriving here on Monday morning,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45at half past seven, and being frightened to bloody death!
0:04:45 > 0:04:48It's unbelievably violent!
0:04:48 > 0:04:52And, of course, there's only two looms working
0:04:52 > 0:04:54at this moment in time.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57When all these machines were running
0:04:57 > 0:05:03the decibels must've been unbelievable! God knows!
0:05:14 > 0:05:19One day, I were mending a chimney and the engine at the mill...
0:05:19 > 0:05:23this engine were in a weaving shed similar to this.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26You've heard how these gears roar,
0:05:26 > 0:05:32well, they repaired the engine, it's late at night, and they turn it on.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Just to see if everything works.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39All of a sudden, most of the operatives appear.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Their lives were ruled by the noise of the gearing and the engine.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49When the engines started they thought it was seven o'clock.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52In fact it was three in the morning!
0:05:52 > 0:05:56They appeared for work at three in the morning!
0:05:56 > 0:06:01The man who keeps the machinery running is Alwyn.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Like all engine drivers, he needs a good ear in case anything goes wrong.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27This pipe brings the steam from the boilers,
0:06:27 > 0:06:32to, first of all, the high pressure cylinder.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36This is the piston rod that pushes the cross head -
0:06:36 > 0:06:42that bit there - which, in turn, pushes the connecting rod.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47This here, is the big end. This is the interesting bit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49This lubricator.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53They couldn't afford to stop the engine
0:06:53 > 0:06:56so they needed some way to get oil to it.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59This fascinating thing, in t'middle,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02this is like a banjo lubricator.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05The oil runs down into there,
0:07:05 > 0:07:10and then, by centrifugal force, is forced round into the big end.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13When I was young they fascinated me.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19I never worked out how they worked, when I were a little lad.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Let's look at the boilers where all the steam's made
0:07:24 > 0:07:26to keep this monster going!
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Hiya, Brian!- Hello, Fred!
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- Stoking up?- Yes. - Keep that big wheel going round!
0:07:40 > 0:07:46When I was young there were hundreds of these. Three on every street.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48There's hardly any left!
0:07:48 > 0:07:54When you think, when this was working on 100lb per square inch,
0:07:54 > 0:07:59every square inch of this had 100lb trying to get out.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03A beer can will hold about 60lbs, so they tell me.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Looking at that, you'd think you'd be safe for ever.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12That's seven-eighths of an inch thick, and all,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15but they still manage to blow up.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20One of the main failures were the collapsing of the flue by water.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24When the water disappeared off the glass,
0:08:24 > 0:08:29and the fire tube got red-hot, they came down like a kidney shape.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33And, of course, it were a bit frightening!
0:08:33 > 0:08:38They didn't blow up, but the fire beater got sacked!
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Anyway, the main reason for my visit is, Alwyn upstairs wants more steam.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49He wants that big wheel to go round faster.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- You want a shovel then? - I'll put a bit on!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- I'll find a shovel. - I'll open the door.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- There you go. - It's a nice one, in't it?
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- Does it go up that slit? - In there, that's it.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Aluminium shovel, this! It's melting!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33People often ask, "Why do they need big chimneys?"
0:09:33 > 0:09:37There's a simple answer, it's called draught.
0:09:37 > 0:09:44We've just come from the boiler house, and you saw how ferociously the fires burn in the furnaces.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48That is, of course, the need for the tall chimney.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Nowadays, modern chimneys have fans and things
0:09:51 > 0:09:55but they don't burn anything, only a bit of oil.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58This is the mill lodge.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04The water from the condenser... and, of course, the cooling water, came into here.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08The water for the boilers is taken from here.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15I recall one encounter, with me and my friend Alan.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19We decided to make diving suits and see what it were like on the bottom.
0:10:19 > 0:10:26We got a crisps tin and a piece of tubing that would stretch round the tin,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29so the tube would grip round your neck.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34We soldered on some copper piping, with a hose pipe and a lump of cork,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39and a window in front. First of all, we put that in.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44We decided to try it out at the swimming baths
0:10:44 > 0:10:47but they wouldn't let us in!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50So, we tried it out in the mill lodge.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55It were funny because Alan had to hold my head down.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59There was so much air inside it. It wouldn't have worked.
0:10:59 > 0:11:06You couldn't have gone under water, you'd have floated along the surface with so much air inside the thing.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09This is why there were so many mills here -
0:11:09 > 0:11:14cotton spinning needs a damp climate, and we get lots of rain.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19But back in the 18th century, there was another important factor
0:11:19 > 0:11:23which influenced where mills were built.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Fast-flowing rivers turned water wheels round
0:11:27 > 0:11:31that provided the power to drive the mill machinery.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35New Lanark is on the banks of the River Clyde,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38about 20 miles from Glasgow.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41It's one of the best preserved early mills.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It became famous
0:11:44 > 0:11:48because of the way Robert Owen, one of its owners,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50looked after his workers.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55He ensured they had a decent standard of living.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I can see why Mr Owen and Mr Dale
0:12:08 > 0:12:11picked this spot in New Lanark to build this place.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Number one, because of the water, but it's also very beautiful.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21I don't think I'd have liked to work upstairs,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24behind me, on the top floor.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28But, I wouldn't have minded being a maintenance man.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I imagine that would've been very pleasurable.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35If I'd been around at the time,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40these are the types of machines I'd be maintaining.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46If you want to see some of the oldest textile machinery,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49where better to come than Lancashire?
0:12:49 > 0:12:52This is the Helmshore textile museum,
0:12:52 > 0:12:57where they've a huge collection of all sorts of things.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06This is one of Richard Arkwright's water frames.
0:13:06 > 0:13:13It were called a water frame, it were actually a spinning frame driven by a water wheel.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19The thing is, some of the technology on it, like these fluted rollers,
0:13:19 > 0:13:25it's still used today in the most modern textile spinning machinery.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33Richard Arkwright, he were born in Preston and lived in Bolton.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36He had a barber's, he made wigs.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Nobody knows how he got involved in the textile industry.
0:13:40 > 0:13:47Arkwright built a factory in Derbyshire, powered by water, to house these machines.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52He is really regarded as the father of the factory system.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02This place, originally, was a wool finishing mill.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05These are called fulling stocks.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08They put the raw material,
0:14:08 > 0:14:14the cloth, in there. This machine beat it for about eight hours.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16It came out
0:14:16 > 0:14:21with a wonderful felt-like finish. You'd think, after eight hours,
0:14:21 > 0:14:26it'd have ruined it, been bashed to pieces - not so.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Lovely texture. Used for making horse blankets out of.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34This machine, made in 1849,
0:14:34 > 0:14:40and the whole place, is driven by the water wheel in the background.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44It was the quality of the cotton made here,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48that made Lancashire famous throughout the world.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53It was like this until the '60s, when the cotton market collapsed
0:14:53 > 0:14:58with foreign competition and new synthetic fibres appearing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03This was the death knell of the cotton industry proper.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11The mills started to close down and the demolition men moved in.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15When they were closing, many scrap men had Rolls-Royces.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19It was so sad. They smashed windows
0:15:19 > 0:15:24and threw the machinery out before they loaded it into their trucks.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32This place is rather sad to me
0:15:32 > 0:15:37because when I were a young man, once, standing here,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41there were eight big spinning mills all run by one family.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45God knows how many thousand horsepower of steam engines!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Six steam engines drove it all.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53I used to mend the chimney at the tail end of it. It's all a bit sad.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58But, here, in this building is a fine body of men,
0:15:58 > 0:16:04who have spent the last 30 years restoring what they could save
0:16:04 > 0:16:07from the cotton mills of Lancashire.
0:16:07 > 0:16:13I think I'll nip inside and see how they are doing.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19This to me is one of the finest collections
0:16:19 > 0:16:22of big mill engines in existence.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28All of them have been dismantled and brought here
0:16:28 > 0:16:33by this dedicated bunch of lads and re-erected in all their splendour.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39They've got every conceivable different style of steam engine here.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44This lot have been at it for over 30 years. They got it all finished once
0:16:44 > 0:16:49then they had to take all the engines to pieces and start again
0:16:49 > 0:16:55because the supermarket wanted the original site that they were on.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Watch it doesn't catch.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- Hello, Fred. Fancy meeting you! - I get about a bit!
0:17:03 > 0:17:09Last time I saw this it were in a million pieces. How long's it been?
0:17:09 > 0:17:14- There must've been near a million. - I know there were a lot.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19More skill in this than Picasso ever put into one of his paintings!
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Aye.- That's my opinion. - He were drunk half the time!
0:17:23 > 0:17:28- I suppose the blokes that put this up were drunk!- More than likely!
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Where did it come from?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Jack...where did it come from?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- <- Yorkshire. - Yorkshire.- Aye.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42- We got there before the scrap blokes.- Just fodder for them.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48- It's heartbreaking to think of some of the stuff that's been scrapped. - Oh, yes. Mmm...
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- It's all in the name of progress. - Is that what they call it?- Yeah.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57But progress didn't do much for the textile industry.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Once there were an abundance of spinning mills in Lancashire.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Towns like Bolton and Manchester and Rochdale had dozens of them.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Nearly all of them have gone now.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19This is all that's left at Ellenroad, off the M62 motorway near Rochdale.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25Mills like this were big places. 250 people used to work in this one.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Now only the engine house is left.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33It's got one of Lancashire's last working steam engines inside.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- Good morning, Richard.- Morning, Fred. Nice to see you again.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Oh, yes. I've been before haven't I?
0:18:40 > 0:18:45I know it's a tandem something or other. But what is it really?
0:18:45 > 0:18:50If you must know, it's a twin tandem compound steam mill engine.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54It's a twin because there are two engines really.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- This is Victoria and Alexandra. - It's tandem
0:18:58 > 0:19:01because it has two cylinders in each engine,
0:19:01 > 0:19:07and compound because the steam is used twice in each cylinder.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12The engineer, if you came into the engine house, which wasn't allowed,
0:19:12 > 0:19:16but if you crept in and he didn't see you,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20you'd probably see him sitting down looking relaxed.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25The job was actually very stressful. The whole of the production
0:19:25 > 0:19:30of the mill relied on the engine going at a constant speed.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35The operatives were on bonuses for the amount of cotton they produced.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40If the engine broke down, they'd be losing money.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44So would the management. It's complicated by the fact that
0:19:44 > 0:19:47if the operatives put in for more money,
0:19:47 > 0:19:53the management would tell the engineer to speed the engine up.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56That meant it broke down more often.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59He'd get it from the management and the operatives.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04- They'd put the windows through. - That's not very nice!- No.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15My knowledge of steam engines stems from when I were quite a small boy.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21A bit of a burglar really, like! In them days, like 50 odd years ago,
0:20:21 > 0:20:26when a works shut, they actually put everything in mothballs.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31At the bottom of our lane there were a lovely old works with two chimneys
0:20:31 > 0:20:37and I used to go and break in and lift the sheets up over the engine.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42It was painted beautiful British racing green and waiting,
0:20:42 > 0:20:47all greased up, waiting for better days. But, alas, they never came.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I remember the boilers being dragged
0:20:50 > 0:20:55on to a wagon and, no doubt, exported to India or somewhere.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Probably still running in India!
0:21:04 > 0:21:06STEAM HISSES
0:21:06 > 0:21:09As the factory system developed,
0:21:09 > 0:21:14most mills were built in urban areas. But, there some in the country.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Coldharbour mill is a good example.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23It's a 200-year-old woollen mill in Devon, where you can still see
0:21:23 > 0:21:27how water power and steam power were used side by side.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31This machine is spinning the wool down through,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34drawing it down much finer.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's descended from Arkwright's water frame.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42But this one dates from 1907.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- Would you like to turn it on? - Yeah. You showed me earlier.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53You can see that they're going slower
0:21:53 > 0:21:58these are faster. The wool is drawn out seven times making it finer.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01We start off with worsted wool like this
0:22:01 > 0:22:05that we spin on the different machines here.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- That's for making jumpers?- Yes.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12That's for making Aran jumpers to keep us warm.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17The water wheel that provided the power for a lot of the machinery,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22is now having some much needed restoration work done on it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Now, then!
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- A bit moth-eaten, innit? - They had their money's worth!
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Must've been a bit on the tight side with all these patches.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44They kept it going with as little as possible.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49- Is this the original?- No, we think it's the third wheel that was here.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53The wheel got bigger as the power demand got greater.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- This was a small grist mill to start with.- Yeah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03As demand increased the wheel got bigger and then...
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Steam engines!- That's right!
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Much more reliable.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13This is it then. The latest thing, eh?
0:23:13 > 0:23:19- That's it, 1910. Brand new. - I see it's got Mr Tate's
0:23:19 > 0:23:25patent engine stop apparatus on it. That, for anybody who didn't know,
0:23:25 > 0:23:31were if you got caught in the works upstairs, somebody could break the glass and stop the engine.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36More than likely too late! Nevertheless, they tried!
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Takes a lot to stop it.- Yeah. - 12 tons of flywheel.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45- This is one of your Lancashire boilers, eh?- That's right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Good and true.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- How old is it?- 1888 this one.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- And still in good order? - Done a lot of work this one.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- These are beautiful compared to the modern equivalent.- Definitely.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Now, it's all horrible puny things.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- You're cleaning it?- Yep.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Want to look inside?- Yes.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Expect you've been inside one of these before.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I've been in a few.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20When I were a kid, it were fascinating to me.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Like getting into a submarine.- Yeah.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Down the whole.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Mmm...bath-time!
0:24:45 > 0:24:47That's it.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- OK?- All right. How are you doing?
0:24:52 > 0:24:57- This your own personal submarine! - Not many people come in here!
0:24:57 > 0:25:03If there were any water in here, we'd be just about up to our necks.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Then the fires were lit. They were in these big, long tubes
0:25:08 > 0:25:11that come from the front end.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Down below, there's two furnaces. The water would be quite warm.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19In the upper bits,
0:25:19 > 0:25:25where our heads are, this is the space that the steam were forming in to drive the engine.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29This contraption, here, is a low water alarm
0:25:29 > 0:25:34that when the water sank to a low level by being boiled away,
0:25:34 > 0:25:39it moved a valve here. The boiler house was filled with steam,
0:25:39 > 0:25:46so the man at the other end could take appropriate action and put more water in quick.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Every mill, factory and coal mine
0:25:49 > 0:25:52had its boilers like this.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58There were boiler makers and repairers all over the country. It was a responsible job -
0:25:58 > 0:26:02one bit of shoddy workmanship, and disaster!
0:26:02 > 0:26:08It's a trade that's almost disappeared. But there are still a few of them left.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13I've come here, on top of the Yorkshire moors,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17to see my mate Mr McEwen who has this wonderful set up.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22As well as his boiler works, he has this engine house and steam engines.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I'll try and find him.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28WHISTLE BLOWS
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Hello.- Show me your engines! - With pleasure.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Nice to see you.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Mmm...I see you've done it then!
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Mind you, good replacement for the Aga that, innit?
0:26:46 > 0:26:51It's the most unique kitchen range in Great Britain.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57So I'm informed, anyway. We took it out of a mill in Staffordshire.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00I were very pleased to get this.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05It's a Bury made, Lancashire made, 1882. It's William Bland.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- I'd never heard of them.- Nor had I!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Only five miles down the road.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Lots of people have ideas, but they never come to nowt.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- But this has.- Yes. - Complete with repairs.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- Quite wonderful. - Yes. I fell in love with it.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Lovely piece of boiler making craftsmanship are them.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33The man who knocked these rivets in will be lying in a cemetery in Bury.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Certainly will.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41He will. And he'll have worked for a pittance for 75 hours a week.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- And deaf as well.- Oh, yeah.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Is the bread good? - Oh, it's good bread.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- Talking of bread, want some oatbread?- Thank you.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Watch your teeth!- I will.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Subtitles by Iram Chaudry BBC - 1999