Nestling side by side in the quiet village of Helmshore in the stunning Rossendale Valley are two original Lancashire textile mills: Higher Mill and Whitaker's Mill together known as Helmshore Mills Textile Museum. Here you can trace how cloth production, first wool, then cotton, become Lancashire's main export throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Follow a journey to discover how raw wool and cotton were transformed into yarn ready to be woven into cloth, and experience the Revolution gallery were you can follow the story of Lancashire's unique role in the industrial revolution.
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