The maps of 1890 show The Wriggly Tin and our cottage (Dale View) in a slightly different position to the existing site, the 1891 Census shows that it was owned by a Mr George Vickers and known as ‘Millers Dale Refreshment Rooms’ where he also ran a Carriage Service presumable to carry passengers from the Station to Tideswell.  By 1901 the building had become Dale View and the Carriage business had clearly not been successful as George Vickers is listed as a quarry Manager, but his Wife is still running the Refreshment Rooms.

In 1905 the 2^nd viaduct for the railway was constructed and Dale View Refreshment rooms (The Wriggly Tin) which was in the way of the viaduct was moved up the road to where it lives today.  Part of the building was used as Refreshment rooms and the part we live in as Apartments.  We do not know if these apartments were for holiday makers, but feel more inclined to think they would be for people working in the area, or indeed on the very large Millers Dale Railway Station.  For such a rural location, it was unusually large; indeed, it was one of the largest stations on the line, and was one of the few stations in England to have a post office on the platform. Millers Dale also sent dairy, agricultural and quarried products from the surrounding areas to the major cities. While also serving local towns and villages—notably Tideswell, Taddington and Wormhill—much of its activity was concerned with the connecting service to and from Buxton.