The place has known prosperity, and is prosperous no longer; but although its chief trade has left it, there are still some three or four factories in full swing.

I heard clanging bells, and met bare-headed women and uncouth-looking men hurrying to and fro.

I went to look at the Wesleyan chapel in Waterhouse-lane.

It is a queer little building, and bears some resemblance to a toy Noah's Ark in red brick.
Tall warehouses have arisen about it and hemmed it in, and the slim chimney-shaft of a waterworks throws a black shadow aslant its unpretending facade.

I inquired the name of the present minister.