Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here It has survived two World Wars and predates the Titanic, but the Hartford Mill in Werneth, Oldham is to live on no longer after demolition work resumed on the historic building this week.
The former cotton spinning mill was built in 1907 for the Hartford Mill Company Ltd and designed by Frederick Whittaker Dixon, an architect from Southport who designed a number of mills throughout the Oldham area.
The mill was traditionally constructed with cast iron and steel frames alongside red brick walls and a baroque-style tower. The building went through two extensions in 1920 and 1924. Read more: BBC Breakfast forced to scrap local TV news bulletins from Monday as 'pingdemic' leads
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