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The start of the construction of the M62

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Construction of Scammonden bridge over the M62 in the late 1960s.

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The new Woolshops are under construction at the bottom of the picture.

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The clearing of the site on which the new Todmorden Medical Centre was built with the Methodist Chapel on the right of the picture. The Medical Centre was demolished in the 2000s.

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This is an old Ruston Bucyrus Dragline crane that my father Douglas Watson bought from Hydrocon of Littleborough to build the Buttress Brink retaining wall in 1968.

After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…

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This crane was is seen working at the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs.

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ALC00328. The dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes being demolished in April 1964.

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The dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes being demolished in April 1964.

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LYRS6051 - Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the goods yard closed and dismantled. The warehouse was let for general storage but was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. The site is now the station car park. . The square wood clad…

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LYRS6050. The large double bay station warehouse in 1963 but with only one of the former three taking-in door hoists left. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the warehouse let for general storage. It was demolished in 1969 following a…

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LYRS6074. 1963 the Goods Shed and crane after closure of the station the previous year.

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A new footbridge over the river is about to be installed.

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A new footbridge over the river is about to be installed.

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A new footbridge over the river is about to be installed.

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A new footbridge over the river is about to be installed.

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Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…

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Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…

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Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
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