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Moderna Blanket Advert - MOS00147
Moderna blankets, made in Mytholmroyd, were guaranteed to be mothproof, fadeless, unshrinkable and odourless - and which became world-famous. The firm developed a material known as wool-fibro, which was used for making coats and clothing. In 1951,…
Junction of Rochdale Road and Burnley Road, King Cross, Halifax c 1979 - CBC06035
Amongst the advertising hoardings are posters for both the Labour and Conservative parties which suggests that this is around the time of the general election held in May 1979.
Advertising Hoarding, Halifax - CBC06158
Queens Road, at the junction with Parkinson Lane. Hoardings like this were frequently used to hide demolition sites.
Civic Trust Project in Bridge Gate Hebden Bridge - DEF00179
The building on the left has gone and the area is now part of St Pol Car Park.
Environmental Improvements, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd - DEF00165
The former Royal Oak on the right, now residential, and the White lion on the left as of 2015 vacant and for sale.
Black & White Cafe, New road, Hebden Bridge - ALC08055
The price of fish, chips, tea and bread and butter is 8d. in the cafe nick named Mrs Cuddys on New Road. It was moved to the canal side on Holme Street and converted into a garage later becoming Southwells Coaches, which later became the site of the…
Advertisement for Barker's cycle works - MOT00329
This advertisement accompanies photographs for Barker's cycle works at Millwood, 1902. In 1909 the Barker family moved to Bolton and set up a business selling and repairing motor cars.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00105
Thwaite and Dobson, Cinderhill Mill, Castle Street, Todmorden - advertisement.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00104
William Mitchell;, Todmorden, catalogue advertisement.
John Helliwell, Bobbin Manufacturer - MOT00234
Advertisement Pudsey Mill Bobbin Works
Holt's Picker Works - MOT00232
Martin Holt Ltd. Advertisement
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00222
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00221
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00220
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
The Bill Sticker - HLS05121
The Bill Sticker 1885
Advertising developed rapidly during the nineteenth century and even in small communities advertising hoardings existed. Poster advertising provided a livelihood for those who erected and rented the 'posting stations',…
Advertising developed rapidly during the nineteenth century and even in small communities advertising hoardings existed. Poster advertising provided a livelihood for those who erected and rented the 'posting stations',…
Corset Ad - GMA00143
Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book"A Village Childhood"
1930's Advertisements - GMA00104
Advertisements from the 1930s. Used as an illustration in Gertrude Attwood's book"A Village Childhood"