Heavy snow had prevented provisions being delivered to Blackshaw Head, so this team is delivering 'relief' supplies to Blackshaw Head Co-op. They have come up Ragley and have just passed Hudson Mill on the way to the Devil's Elbow.
Hudson Mill cottages were six back-to-back cottages actually built over the river. This lower level of the cottages may have been a communal wash house, note the fireplace at the far end.