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Welfare Matters for Children - MOT00356
Extract from "The Curse of the Factory System" by 'Honest John' Fielden, describing the child laboour situation in the 1830s.
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
Children in the Labour Force - MOT00364
The half timer's certificate issued to John Barnes on the day of his twelfth birthday.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Working Practices : Notice August 5th 1914 - MOT00367
Notice signed Edward B Fielden : Keeping the Mills running in the difficult General Situation.
Road Improvement - MOT00436
Road paving, 1911 - The operation of motor buses by the Corporation helped to bring about improvements in the surfacing and repair of local roads. The increasing presence of motor transport in the late 1900s was responsible for the disintegration of…
Todmorden Fire Service - MOT00446
First Motor Fire Engine - Local officials and visitors from neighbouring towns met at the Fire Station on 30th October 1914 to witness the arrival of the new motor fire engine, delivered by Merryweather & Co. of London. Shortly after 2 o'clock,…
Sowerby Bridge Station 1910. - LYR00123
LYRS 4330 - Sowerby Bridge Station - general view looking east in 1910 with unidentified Aspinall. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies which were taken down after the Second World War.
Halifax Station Approach - LYR00166
LYRS 4322 -Station approach and frontage 1910. With the construction of the GNR platforms and lines to the front of the 1855 Station Building in the mid 1880s a new large entrance and facilities building was built on a higher level accessed by the…
Halifax High Level Railway. - LYR00179
LYRS 3572 - Wheatley Viaduct, tunnel & goods yard in a panoramic view. The joint L&YR and GNR line opened in 1890 from a junction at Holmfield on the Halifax - Queensbury line up to a terminus station known as St Pauls on Parkinson Lane near King…
Portsmouth Station 1910 - LYR00242
LYRS 2953 - General view of the station building, level crossing and signal box looking north west towards Burnley.
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only…
The station opened in 1849 and closed to passengers in 1958 and to goods in 1963. The road name, Station Approach, is the only…
Bailiff Bridge Station - LYR00300
LYRS 2661 - An Aspinall 0-6-0 heading a local service from Bradford into the Station on the Pickle Bridge Branch between Wyke on the Halifax- Bradford line and Anchor Pit Junction east of Brighouse on the Calder Valley Main Line. The station opened…
Hawden Hall Tea Rooms, Hardcastle Crags, c1910 - ALC00107
After the war Billy Holt opened a holiday camp in Hardcastle Crags using army surplus tents.
Heptonstall Slack - ALC08274
Looking west towards Colden and Blackshaw Head. The cottages of Slack Bottom are on the left, Slack House on the right with Mount Zion Baptist Chapel in the distance.
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
Todmorden Co-op shop - MOT00461
Shop assistants pose outside the Todmorden Co-op grocery store
Breeding Pens at Mytholmroyd - THB00134
Shown in the 1912 Thornbers Catalogue
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale - HCC00166
Donated by Margaret Harrison
French War Cross - Croix De Guerre - HCC00180
French War Cross - Croix De Guerre 1914-1918 The Medal Marked Republique Francaise 1914-1918 with Ribbon. Donated by Richard Baldwin
First World War Medal - HCC00182
Reverse of 00179 - French War Cross - Croix De Guerre 1914-1918. The Medal Marked Republique Francaise 1914-1918 with Ribbon. Donated by Richard Baldwin
Luddenden Foot Co-op Society Jubilee, 1860 - 1910 - HCC00243
Donated by Denise Ramsden
Old Town School c1910 - JET00140.1
Sam Ashworth 2nd from right, front row.
Photo restoration by Charlie Morrisey.
Photo restoration by Charlie Morrisey.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Near. Hebden Bridge. - WAO00209
Undated postcard. The bridge was built to carry a tramway from Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, to transport materials and navvies to the construction site of Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. The bridge was 700ft long and 105ft above the valley floor. The bridge…
Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00242
Postcard with June 1910 postmark. This walled path leads to Robin Hood Rocks. The nearest building is Birks Hall, behind and slightly to the right is Glen House. On the right of the picture is Twist Clough and Beech Cottages.
Group of Men - CWS00105
Photo possibly taken outside Cliff House, c1916. Standing left to right: John Stansfield, James Dawson, Tim Helliwell, Egbert Howarth, J. Holt (Todmorden), William Harry Eastwood, William Ingham (Luddenden). Sitting left to right: William Baxendale…
The Old Nutclough Weaving Shed - CWS00155
This section of the mill was demolished in 1914.
L&YR Parcels Van No. 174. - JCA00358
Ford Model T chassis supplied 1916 with pneumatic tyres on the front