In the centre is Arnold Knight who lived nearby at Callis Bridge. Arnold was laid off in 1934 because of the trade depression caused by the Wall Street crash. Information supplied by his grandson Jonathan Greenwood.
The toll house was built in 1847-8, at the junction of Rochdale and Calderbrook roads. For many years the toll board was blanked out by an imitation window frame.
This house, Mayroyd Mill House, was deluged with water when firemen fought a fire which destroyed the nearby Mayroyd Mill, on 10th February 1936. Overnight the water froze. Lloyd Greenwood, the boy looking at the camera, and his friends, stopped to…
Claude and Ada Mary Longbottom (née Cockcroft) sitting on the right with their sons Philip and Maurice (in front).This would have been taken in the mid-thirties., Philip would have been 13 and Maurice 9 in 1935. Back L-R Philip and Claude Longbottom…
Man with a donkey on the tow path where it inclines up to the bridge at the top of Holme Street. The river is below the wall which today is replaced by railings around the children's playground. The tow path has now been re-aligned at this point.…
Date unknown but prior to the widening of New Road in 1931 when the end shop, Z Spencer & Sons Florists, was demolished and the second shop was reconstructed at then road end, now Holts Green Grocers.
Information from Miss Olga Smith who was a pupil at the school from 1925(?) - 1932. 'Morton Wager - front row - Headmaster from 1908 to 1927. I think the man in the middle of the back row must be Hamlet Helliwell who was still Chemistry master…
Above the houses the roof of St John's Church. The Church was consecrated in 1932 but became redundant and closed in1984. To the right of the church is Stubbings School.