I had this yearning, probably born of too much Gaskell (if such a thing is possible) to see engines. We forced the little one to come with us to Anson Engine Museum. It happens to be in an old pit village that our forebears worked in. Why do you like these? she asked me. They are beautiful, created things, made for action, crafted by skilled people, enduring for years, they smell good and everday people made them and worked alongside them.
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