The provision of public water supplies for the Halifax district was of great concern in the second half of the 19th century. As the town grew and the population increased the Victoria Reservoir created in 1848 in Gibbet Lane proved inadequate to the…
Waterloo Bank, built in 1894 by the Mitchell family. These houses (and many others in the area) were at one time owned by Abraham Gibson (1887 - 1956) and Constance Calverley (1882 - 1948), who were the last survivors of the Mitchell and Gibson…
Women's Junior Air Corp. Seated on the floor, Unknown, Mary Sayer nee Sunderland, Joan Lomas, ?, Lily Sutcliffe, Mavis Smith nee Sunderland. The organisation, formed during the war and run by Mrs Kilner, had a reunion every year until 2014, when only…
Mons Mill, Todmorden was a cotton spinning mill in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire for the Hare Spinning Company Limited. It was built in 1907, but ran into financial difficulties. It passed over to the Mons Mill (1919) Co Ltd and then was…
The River Calder snakes its way through the picture, with the Rochdale Canal on the left initially and then on the right. Note the funfare in the Community Centre carpark.