"Brown and Pickles" is the story of an Engineering firm operating during the 20th century in Barnoldswick in Lancashire. It was heavily involved with maintenance and repair of mill engines and built its own small stationary engines. There is a lot of information in the book if you have an interest in stationary engines, and mill engines in particular. And some of the stories about how particular problems were approached are fascinating. Strongly recommended.
"Bancroft" is the story of a weaving mill in Barnoldswick and is a very good description of the company, how it operated, and what went on in a mill.
Both books are written by Stanley Challenger Graham, the last engine 'tenter' at Bancroft mill, a historian, mill engine fanatic and very practical man. The books are well written and enjoyable. Both are available (plus others from Stanley) on
www.lulu.com.
Stanley is also the leading light of the website
//www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ which along with much else has quite an amount of stationary steam information.