This was just one of several refreshment facilities at the Crags catering for the vast numbers of visitors who came from the mill towns on both sides of the Pennines. A little below it is Gibson Mill 'entertainment emporium'.
Horse-drawn charabanc by the Lodge at Midgehole at the entrance to Hardcastle Crags. As seen here they were usually pulled by a four-in-hand team of horses. They could carry a large number of passengers this one has over twenty. Introduced from…