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Kershaw Road, Foulclough. 1936 or 38.

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When the line was increased from two to four tracks in the late 1880s there wasn’t room to expand alongside the existing double track west of Standedge Tunnels and instead a loop line was constructed between Diggle and Stalybridge stations.…

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One of several stations in the civil parish of Saddleworth which, although on the western slopes of the South Pennines, was in the West Riding of Yorkshire up until local government re-organisation in 1974 when it passed to Greater Manchester.



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One of several stations in the civil parish of Saddleworth which, although on the western slopes of the South Pennines, was in the West Riding of Yorkshire up until local government re-organisation in 1974 when it passed to Greater Manchester.



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Marsden Station like other stations on the LNWR’s Huddersfield Manchester line along the Colne Valley opened with the line in 1849. It was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here at an unknown…

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Longwood & Milnsbridge Station was the first station out of Huddersfield on the LNWR’s Colne Valley to Manchester and opened in 1849 at the same time as the line. Seen her in a very unkept condition at an unknown date but prior to reducing the line…

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The image is taken from a postcard with August 1910 postmark.



When built in 1846/50 there was only one platform behind the magnificent station frontage and the station was not enlarged until 1886; in August 1885 during the enlargement…

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PNH00831. View across the town with the Railway Station centre left. The locomotive and wagons date the photo at around 1880.

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Righthand corner Victoria Bridge over the River Calder leading up to the large station warehouse which was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. To the front of the station building the demolition site of part of Victoria Mill and above the…

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This view of the approach to the station with its cobbled road remains much the same, but the frontage is of a more modern design today.

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View of the approach to the station with its cobbled. The frontage has been remodelled. This photograph is on a postcard with a mark of 1917. The houses clinging to the Southowram hillside have mostly gone.

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The frontage of this station was demolished and very little remains of this handsome structure. The building to the left is what is now the Jubilee Rooms refreshment venue. The station platforms were remodelled in the the mid 20th C and the goods…

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This view is remarkably unchanged today apart from the overhead tramlines and the horse-drawn vehicles, although the station has a modern front. The Southowram hillside can be seen behind the station. At one time the Mackintosh's sweet factory was…

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Holme Station Cliviger on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line. On 27th October 1907 some wagons on a coal train became detached at Copy Pit and rolled back down and leaving the track demolished the Booking Office killing the Booking Clerk.

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Looking up the valley over the small mill town towards Burnley with the station more or less in the centre. The station had opened in 1878 and closed in 1938. The chimney to the left of the big chimney was for Law Mill.

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The station on the Todmorden-Burnley 'Copy Pit' line opened in 1849 and closed in 1958. Seem here looking up the line towards Burnley.

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The station was opened at the same time as the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's line between Todmorden and Burnley in 1849. It was closed in 1930.

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At the bottom centre of the photo is an open top tram which ran from Halifax to Hebden Bridge. The road going into the picture leads to the station. Note of large warehouse on the right hand side of the photograph. The houses across the top of the…

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c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.

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Looking down on the town and station from the south hillside. This shows how the station platforms are above the valley floor built on an embankment. The single box and buildings on the 'up' Manchester platform are supported on stilts. All now…

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ALC00431. Date unknown but the land in the foreground not yet levelled for the construction of the railway siding in 1919. Centre right

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The school which opened in 1875 as a Board School was opposite the railway station, seen here above the school. To the left of the station is Cockden Mill. The school closed in 1946 and was subsequently demolished.
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