This shot is taken from Todmorden Golf Club and the magnificent town hall can be seen in the centre of the frame. Note the railway line snaking along bottom right.
The town has changed a good deal since this photo was taken. Several of the mills have gone, along with the Bridge Lane houses, running from bottom left to right. Looking at the Birchcliffe area, centre right, a good many more house have been built.…
Slide 1: Swale Dale proper may be said to start from Richmond. In romantic beauty it can hold its own with any other Yorkshire dale. The river being more confined between steep banks, rushes through rocky ravines and over high precipices and thus…
Comment from Charles turner: My ancestor William turner farmed Higher Baitings Farm from 1824 until retiring to Kendal in the 1860s, leaving his son Edmund turner to carry on the farm. It was demolished by the Water Board when the reservoirs were…
Slide 3 - The scenery of the Cliviger Pass is often majestic and grand. Rugged and scarred are the ranges of the hills with their strange and fantastic outlines, adding much to the picturesque character of the scenery.