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Manningham was once home to Europe's biggest mill complex. At its height, Lister's employed 7000 men, women and children - manufacturing high-quality textiles such as velvet and silk. Its central courtyard alone was as big as a football field.

Lister's finally closed towards the end of the 1980s and since then the Titanic-like building has gone into a sad decline. The once proud courtyard is now littered with broken masonry. Former worker Freda Watts and local resident Joyce Bean look back to the days when the mill was "completely alive."

But there is hope that there may be a new start ahead for the once-proud mills...

Hear more about the future of Manningham here

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