Tea time!

The granddaughter dressing up and having fun at Gibson Mill!
Gibson Mill, built in around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags woodland beside Hebden Water. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution. The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890.
In the early 1900s, Gibson Mill began to be used as an ‘entertainment emporium’ for the local people. It offered tea rooms, a dance hall, a roller-skating rink, refreshment kiosks and boating on the mill pond. After the Second World War, the mill slipped into disuse, and was acquired by the National Trust in 1950.