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Remote Greater Manchester village so idyllic it's a 'privilege' to live there

Tucked away in a picturesque valley between Bury and Ramsbottom, the village of Summerseat is about as sleepy as they come.

Surrounded by lush green countryside, it is home to no more than a couple of thousand people. Once a centre for cotton spinning, Summerseat is now a sought-after area where the average property sold for more than £265,000 last year.

But it wasn't always this way, according to those who live there.

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"It's very gentrified now but it wasn't always so," said Karen Nolan, who has called Summerseat home since 1975. A lot has changed since then, the 66-year-old explains.

"The price of property is very expensive now," said Ms Nolan. "I moved here because it wasn't expensive.

"When I first moved in, it wasn't a fashionable place to live. The river used to be a different colour every day because of the pollution.

"Now it's a really pretty place to live. It has a quaint feel to it and everyone is lovely and friendly. It's great for the motorway, even with all the traffic."

Although the earliest reference to Summerseat was in 1556, the area consisted of no more than a scattering of farms and cottages before the arrival of the cotton industry in the late eighteenth century.

By the beginning of the 1800s, there were at least five spinning mills in the village. As people came to work at the mills, Summerseat's population increased.

In 1876, the imposing Brooksbottom Mill was built along with rows of terraced houses nearby for the workers. The mill's splendid mid-Victorian stone edifice remains today, although it has since been converted into a block of luxury apartments known as The Spinnings.

Lorna Dales moved into The Spinnings two

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