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LYRS 6039 - 1967. The goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The drops to the west of the steep ramp up to the station are right up to the A646 as seen here with barely room for a car to park. The drops are still there.

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LYRS 2680 - 1880s. Station staff and maintenance ganger's at the station. The station half way between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden was opened by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in December 1840. The valley is so narrow that the track had to be built…

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Eastwood Station looking east. The station opened at the same time as the line between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge in October 1840 but closed to passengers in 1951, although coal continued to be delivered for some time after. The station was…

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LYRS 6034 - General view from above station looking north east towards Hebden Bridge. The passenger station had closed 12 years earlier and goods facilities were to be shortly withdrawn when this photo was taken in August 1963.

The station half way…

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LYRS 8407 - Mid-1960s- The Station Buildings, Level Crossing and the line looking towards Hebden Bridge. The Signal Box had controlled the crossing gates and also a goods siding and the siding over the coal drops. All the buildings have been…

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LYRS 8410 - 1967. The disused and derelict station buildings on the 'down' line looking towards Todmorden. The passenger station had closed in 1951 and goods and coal facilities had been withdrawn in 1964. The buildings built into the hillside…

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LYRS8406. - The Level Crossing and derelict Station Buildings several years after the passenger station had closed in 1951. The buildings seen here were built into the hillside behind. The crossing was accessed by a steep double sided ramp from the…

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The derelict station building after closure in 1951. Now demolished although the rear wall built into the hillside remains as does the level crossing.

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Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.

The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…

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Postcard published G.H. Greenwood, The Post Office, Todmorden. The Rochdale Canal is in the foreground.

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On the main road at Eastwood - an old entrance to some cottages - long demolished

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On the main road at Eastwood - an old entrance to some cottages - long demolished

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A lovely view of Stoodley Pike in the distance taken from Eastwood.
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