Almost as an aside, I was halfway around my Longridge walk when I started noticing the substantial stone-built houses.
Longridge, apart from its agricultural surroundings, was built on the proceeds of cotton mills and quarries. We have a mix of workers’ stone terraces and grander large houses built by the owners and managers.
I have mentioned the stone quarries before, and perhaps I need to enlarge the topic sometime, as well as the mills and spinning rooms. But today just a few photos of the stone houses.
It’s getting dark and the village is lighting up for Christmas shopping. 
I lived in one of those stone houses in the ’70s.
