Originally a water powered cotton mill, by the time this photo was taken it was used by Frank Leelo as Tea Rooms to cater for the vast number of visitors to Hardcastle Crags. The Lodge at the gates into the Crags is on the right hand side.
Undated postcard. The name Mitchell on the imgae presumably refers to the proprietor although other photos from about the same time show the proprietor as Ernest Greenwood.
The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on theā¦
Photo taken from the site of Bob Mill. The wall shown was between the dam and the mill, the dam being on the far side of the mill. There was a water wheel this side of the wall.
Part of Lee Mill can be seen on the left, the far chimny is of Midgehole Upper Mill, later Midgehole Dyeworks and the monument on the horizon is Pecket War Memorial.