1974 Aerial Brewery area between Cockermouth Castle and river Cocker with Derwent Brewery barrels beside the Derwent and behind is the malt house where barley was raked, beyond the four storey brewery are the offices of the brewery that were later demolished to make a car park with Brewery Lane ascending up to Castlegate where a very sharp corner was negotiated to turn right down Castlegate. What a change from when the footbridge over the Cocker at the bottom of the photo was once a road bridge originally built in 1887 (as part of the Queen Victoria Jubilee celebrations) for the brewery vehicles (and buses) until it was demolished in the flood of 1938 and not rebuilt as a footbridge until 1963. Note in the centre of the photo is a chimney and from it follow the double row of terraced buildings that lead to Market Place at the top of the photo. That terraced row has a narrow lane between the houses that can be accessed by the low doorway to the right of the historic Georgian Banks shop in Market Place. “In about 1790 the long garden behind the Georgian property (now Banks shop and museum) fronting onto Market Place, the long garden behind was developed as a textile mill with the factory being built on the right of this photo and dwellings on the other side.” [Bradbury – Industry Part 1 page 29 Banks Court Mill] Looking at the river Cocker, past the brewery, on the left is the three storey building that was Stoddart’s cotton mill, now demolished and is an open space and car park. Beyond is a similar size building adjoining the shops on Market Place by the Cocker bridge. This building is now accommodation and we can find no evidence that it was previously not accommodation. At the top right of the photo is the development of the late 1970s when the entrance into the car park was changed by making Market Street pedestrianised and demolishing adjacent buildings to make an new road access to the car park. In this photo the demolition has taken place of the houses and shops, the old narrow lane is just out of view under the gable end of (now) Jacy’s shop and the width of the new access to the car park is seen. It must be Monday with the market and even Mr Townley’s fresh fish van can be seen – important because at that time Cockermouth did not have a wet fish shop, Palmers wet fish shop in Main Street had ceased in the 1960s. Back at the bottom of the photo note the Waterloo footbridge from Main Street via High Sand Lane, past the white gable end of Foundry House, and slightly left of the house is the intact windmill building that never had sails! It was for crushing bark but how it did it without wind is for your speculation and research!