no.H264

The Old Mill Ambleside

Mid 1930s

Portrait view up Stock Ghyll to the mill and the bridge on North Road. The mill buildings are on the left and the wheel and the leat are visible with no sign of water running. The leat was taken off the beck on the far side of the bridge. Number and title handwritten on negative. View north from some sort of platform across the camp with several dozen tents of different sizes. Wooden framed building having corrugated iron roof put on. Servicemen working on an ambulance and lounging besides a large tent with service women in the foreground. Houses at Ravenstown and the Coniston Fells in the background. Portrait view.