John Fielden was an industrialist and politician. He played a large part in reforming working practices to limit the hours that children and women could work. AN 70082644
Members od Lydgate Chapel taking part in the procession to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Todmorden receiving its charter of Incorporation as a Borough, 1896 -1946. Participants dressed as a Victorian family. The building on the extreme left is…
Todmorden Corporation SG11 bus WU4693, chassis No; 13579, Fleet number 34 was new in My 1926. It was one of the first in the fleet to have pneumatic tyres. Sadly the driver, Mr Marshall was killed when it crashed and came to rest outside the…
The big red brick building is the bus garage, on the left is the Shannon and Chesapeake Inn, and on the right is the destructor building which contained an incinerator. The gas works is just off picture to the right.