L to R. Back Row - Mr George Seal, George Croad, Terence Mitchell, Joe Thomas, Willie Wade, George Horsfall, Harold Horsfall, Howard Thomas, Ronald Craven, Jimmy Ackroyd (Stumpy Jim). 3rd Row from front - Ida Windle, Mary Ashworth, Gwen Pickles,…
L to R. Back Row - Miss Lottie Eastwood, Selwyn Berkley, Albert Parker, Fred Bramall, Ronald Greenwood, Edward Astin, Eric Shaw, James Stansfield, Denis Parker, Kenneth Wilcock, Mr George Seel. Middle Row - Raymond Pickles, Hida (Hilda?) Jackson,…
Under the arch you can just make out the chimney of Land Mill. Photo probably dates from about 1920 as the stonework was repointed in, or around, 1928.
The man in the photo is the Landlord. His name is Lummas Lumb. Former Landlord of Royal Oak, Mytholmroyd. Great-Grandfather of Max Sunderland. The lady may be Lummas's daughter, Ethel ,who would have been living there too.
View of the central railway triangle in the late 1920s viewed from Hallroyd Bridge, with the triangle filled in and used as a marshalling area. The tracks to the right the 1862 fork to Stansfield Hall Junction and to Burnley whilst those on the left…
Wilson Bros Fire Brigade - After numerous disastrous fires at their Cornholme bobbin works (the mill was rebuilt twice following fire destruction), Wilson Bros formed their own fire brigade which also attended domestic as well as mill fires…