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James Watson Ltd. Weavers of cotton sateens, twills and similar fabrics, 1960.

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The flooded playing field at Brearley is on the left and just beyond it is the moderna Business Park.

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Showing from left to right, the railway, the A646 road, the River Calder and the Rochdale Canal.

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The River Calder snakes its way through the picture, with the Rochdale Canal on the left initially and then on the right. Note the funfare in the Community Centre carpark.

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The playground in the foreground is for Riverside School on Holme Street, and immediately beyond that is the junction between the River Calder and Hebden Water, and beyond that is Central Street School.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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At this point the river and the canal are very close together.

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1950s. The large station warehouse was built in two stages between 1877 and 1884/5. When goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 it was let for general warehousing but was demolished following serious fire damage in 1969. During the 1960s houses were…

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Weir and Bridge over the River Calder at Brearley. The building on the right of the picture was once the Clarenden Hotel. It was also where the Ewood Estate tenants went to pay their rent once a year.

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Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.
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