Old Ambleside |
Life and Industry 100 years ago. |
These images of Ambleside
show the range of jobs people would have been involved with. If you look carefully
at the pictures by clicking the thumbnails below, you can see the machinery
that was powered by water mills. Can you think why a town like Ambleside,
in the middle of the Lake District, had such a big and busy laundry?
Laundry |
Rushbearing |
Laundry |
Press |
Folding |
Laundry |
Laundry |
Laundry |
Press |
Laundry |
Laundry |
Press |
Laundry |