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Todmorden Fire Service - MOT00447
The horse-drawn fire tender with its crew are photographed on Rochdale Road before joining a procession, about 1905. The man holding the horse is John Hamer Hollinrake who, in 1911, became the Chief Fire Officer.
Todmorden Co-op - MOT00459
Ad for Todmorden Co-op
Bus Stop Sign - MOT00455
Todmorden bus stop sign
Todmorden Bus Company - MOT00454
Driver William Nothard and conductor George Atkinson with No.3 bus at Eastwood, 1907.
Todmorden Bus Company - MOT00452
No 2 bus at Bridge End, Shade, in 1907. This photograph had special interest for the Steele family who kept the newsagents shop in the background. The bus conductor, with his ticket punch and collecting bag, is Albert Steele and standing on his…
Todmorden Buses - MOT00449
No 2 bus outside the Town Hall on 1st January 1907 prior to the inaugural run to Steanor Bottom. The Mayor, Alderman Abraham Crossley, is standing at the extreme right surrounded by children and well-wishers. The bus, one of two supplied by…
Todmorden Buses - MOT00448
The fleet of five buses of the Todmorden Motor Bus Committee and crews photographed on the lane leading to the electricity destructor, where the buses where garaged.
An Act of Parliament in 1906 allowed the Corporation to provide a bus service for…
An Act of Parliament in 1906 allowed the Corporation to provide a bus service for…
New Bus Garage at Millwood - MOT00445
The skeleton of the new bus garage, built in 1909 at Millwood, Halifax Road, on ground belonging to the Gas Committee.
The Todmorden Gas Company Invoice - MOT00443
The Todmorden Gas Company, an independent enterprise, was formed around 1848. In 1887 the Local Board were in favour of purchasing the gas company, but the asking price £69,569, was too high and it was not until 1893, when the Gas Purchases Act was…
Electricity Supply - MOT00438
Electricity cables being laid along Halifax Road, 1905-6. Roomfield Buildings are seen on the right.
Gorpley Reservoir - MOT00437
Gorpley Waterworks under construction. It was finally opened in 1905. The work was completed by Benjamin Lumb, the local builder. In this view, the workmen's encampment can be seen beyond the half-constructed filter beds
Gorpley Reservoir - MOT00434
Gorpley Waterworks under construction. It was finally opened in 1905.
Portsmouth Rovers, 1904-5 Team - MOT00389
Portsmouth Rovers and officials pictured outside the Roebuck Inn, 1904-5.
After Work : Roomfield Baptist Chapel - MOT00383
A typical Sunday Service at Roomfield Baptist Chapel in the early 1900s.
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society, lectures and Musical Events. All social events and…
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society, lectures and Musical Events. All social events and…
After Work - MOT00382
Members of the Shore Working Mens Club, Cornholme, which was opened in January 1908.
Technical Education : Weaving - MOT00377
Todmorden Technical School - weaving room
Technical Education : Aims and Objects of the Schools - MOT00376
A part of Waterside Mill (top left) was handed over to the town to provide technical education in local trades and industries. This building was superseded by Calder College in 1955
Technical Education - MOT00375
Municipal Technical School : subject timetable
Technical Education - MOT00374
Todmorden Technical Institute - part of spinning room
Technical Education - MOT00373
Todmorden Technical School - part of dressmaking room
Technical Education - MOT00372
Cotton Spinning. Syllabus. First Year's Course
Children in the labour force - MOT00365
'Little piecers' in the mule room at Mons Mill, c.1910. Walter Stott, seated on the right in the middle row, went to work as a half timer at the age of 12.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Children in the labour force - MOT00363
Boys at Roomfield School, about 1906. The boy at the front of the first line on the left is Walter Stott.
Barker's Cycle Works - MOT00334
Repairs Department. Publicity photograph for Barker's Cycle Works, also known as Phoenix Cycle Works, at Millwood, 1902. In 1909 the Barker family moved to Bolton and set up a business selling and repairing motor cars.
The Phoenix Cycle Works,…
The Phoenix Cycle Works,…