A FILM made by young people about Lancashire's cotton manufacture has been released for sale.

Earlier this year CAR Video Unit, based at the Mary Hindle Resource Centre, Bury Road, Haslingden, trained a dozen people to operate video cameras and video editing equipment.

These trainees then went on to interview a number of Rossendale residents about their experiences in the textile industry as part of a Heritage Lottery Young Roots project.

With help from the Lancashire County Museums Service, they were also able to film at Helmshore Mills and Queen Street Mill Textile Museums.

The youngsters made a 45 minute programme called Memories of the Mills which is now on sale at the museum shops.

Catherine Pearson, curator of Queen Street Mil, Burnley, said: "The finished film is of excellent quality.

"It covers the whole process of cotton textiles manufacture, as told by the fascinating stories of those who worked in the industry during its heyday and decline.

"We were so impressed that we asked CAR if they could provide DVD copies so visitors to the museums could take away these memories with them - or get them from us by mail order later.

"We are also talking to CAR about a training video for us about operating and maintaining Lancashire looms."

Contact Paul on 07731679916 or visit an open day at the resource Centre, at 1 pm on Sunday, January 6.