Salt and his mill

Just playing again, with layered images. I thought I'd put Sir Titus guarding his mill.

I'm wondering who, if anyone, future generations will look back to with gratitude? There seemed to be quite a few Victorian paternalists who had wonderful vision and really made a lasting difference. But then again, maybe it was easier to see what was needed and to provide it (if you had money), when so many lived in utter poverty and deprivation. The late Jonathan Silver, who rescued Salts Mill from dereliction in the late 1980s, must also get a mention as a very visionary man. Solutions to the world's woes are much harder to find these days, I think, and making a difference is not so simple. One might even argue that the Victorian industrialists built the capitalist system that ultimately has been found wanting. Perhaps we need more initiatives along the lines of co-operatives to shift us to a more equitable, shared prosperity and a more sustainable future.