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Plan showing mill line of pipe to Sandy Gate.

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View of high pressure cylinder, note the flywheel and connecting rod.

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Percy Pollard inspecting missing tooth on gear wheel on No 1 motion shaft. This other gear wheel is connected to the main drive electric motor.

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Edward Teasdale (rear) and 2 engineers from Cole, Marchant & Morley Ltd., Bradford, on canteen steps at Mitchell Bros.

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Boston Hill Estate, the house of the Mitchell family was next to Mitchell Bros Mill and is now Old town Cricket Club.

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Composite picture of the gates of Mitchell's Mill.

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Mr Hope was the Head Master. Derek was naturally left handed but was made to write with his right hand, so school days were not particularly happy. He can be seen here on the back row 2nd from left. Middle row from left: Mabel Pollard, Sheila…

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On the platform of the overhead railway at Gladstone Dock. Mrs Greenwood the teacher in charge, Derek with his cap on and his sock down.

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The BBC broadcast a Worker's Playtime from the canteen in the 1950s. Part of the mill can be seen in the background. Lily Young is front row left hand side, back row left hand side is Mrs Gough whose husband worked in the mill..

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The BBC broadcast a "Workers Playtime" from the canteen in the 1950s.

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Mitchell Mill Lane, Old Town

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Mitchell Mill Lane, Old Town

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Mitchell Mill Lane, Old Town

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Mitchell's Mill at Old Town is on the skyline.

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Taken from Horsehold, before the demolition of High Street and the north side of Bridge Lanes in the mid-1960s. The flats at Mytholm, bottom left corner, built in 1968 still look very new. Old Town and mill along the top hillside.

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From Auto Express June 1990: Gleaming MG bonnets with the smells and sounds of old timemotoring make a visit to Automobilia a magical motoring occasion.
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