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- MOT00137
Looking over Walsden sports field to Scar Rocks, c 1910. The small building on the left, called, 'Jerico' once stood on the line of the old canal. Winterbutlee Mill now gordon Rigg's Garden Centre, can be seen on the right. The mill in the middle…
Hole Bottom Mill, Todmorden - TAS00727
Now Chimney House
Pioneer Mill, Walsden - MOT00371
Mule Spinners at Pioneer Mill, Walsden c1912 - The mill was built by the Pioneer Mill Company which had been formed to celebrate the jubilee of the Walsden Co-operative Society. The corner stone of the new mill (actually named 'Jubilee' Mill) was…
Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden about 1870 - MOT00167
Originally built as a cotton spinning mill in the early 19th Century, the buildings were later converted to a print and dye works. The abundant water supply was the chief reason for the selection of the site, but the chimney which is situated on the…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00320
Stansfield Corn Mill showing later additions, including the detached office building.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Steps Mill, Honley - HPC00336
NAME: STEPS MILL
LOCATION: Huddersfield Road, Honley
REF: HU 52
GRID REF: 142 127
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Close to the confluence…
LOCATION: Huddersfield Road, Honley
REF: HU 52
GRID REF: 142 127
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C/early20C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Close to the confluence…
The working day. Alma Dawson, weaver - MOT00406
Alma Dawson, aged about 17, weaver at Dawson's in 1943. Like most weavers, Alma looked after 4 looms.
Walsden Printing Co. Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00286
The company, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1985, is one of the top four specialist fabric printers in the UK, producing work for Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and many other high street chain stores.
Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden - TAS0724
Showing the waterwheel tower. and following conversion to apartments
A Hopper Opener at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00117
This look like a woollen card hopper, but actually the photo was taken in the Blowing Room and shows a hopper opener, feeding a line of machines leading to the scutcher. Cotton comes in press-packed bales, and it must be loosened up or 'opened' and…
Acre Mill, Billy Lane, Wadswoth - ALC00249
Across the centre is Acre Mill of Cape Asbestos. Known as 'The Killer Mill' after the asbestosis suffered by its workers due to breathing in asbestos dust. It closed in 1970 and was demolished in 1979 apart from the building seen down the centre of…
Acre Mill, c1900 - ALC08010
Acre Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge
Acre Mill, Chisley - HPC00109
CD118
Photo taken c1985.
Photo taken c1985.
Adrian Baldwin - JAE00395
Pictured in St George's Square, Hebden Bridge. c.2009
Aerial photo of Elland 1977 - CBC06039
Aerial view if Elland in 1977
Aerial view over Southern Halifax, 1977 - CBC06040
Aerial view of Halifax. Left of centre is Halifax General Hospital.
Alan Cooper Office Furniture Systems, Frostholme Mill - MOT00192
David Colclough spraying drawer fronts
Alan Cooper Office Furniture Systems, Frostholme Mill - MOT00192
David Colclough spraying drawer fronts