Mayroyd area, Hebden Bridge. The chimney from Mayroyd Mill is just going to miss Victoria Mill. The telepone box is directly opposite the station entrance.
The sorting sidings c.1950. Constructed in 1919 they were used to divide coal trains from the Yorkshire coalfields between those for the Manchester direction and those for the Burnley and north west. They operated 24 hours a day until closure in…
There's been a pottery on this site since 17th century. The last potter, Isaac Button retired in 1965. a video can be seen at http://lakesidepottery.com/Media/Isaac-button/isaac-button-country-potter-part-1x.html
This photograph must be pre 24th March 1974, the date on which the cooling towers were demolished. For more information about the power station see http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/nostalgia/towers-that-refused-to-die-1-1922270
PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…
PNH00808. c.1893. Looking over the houses to Nutclough Mill. To the left of the mill is Keighley Road before it vast retaining wall was constructed and above is Eiffel Street with 'the Tower' under construction. The two chimnies right of centre are…
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson's 'Bobbin Mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…