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  • Collection: David Martin collection

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This small mill is situated next to the Rochdale Canal and is now a private residence. It appears to have been used for a variety of purposes including by Richard H. Ingham as a woollen mill or warehouse as well as by a size manufacturer (size is a…

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The original was destroyed by fire in 1999 and a new one built to this original design. The figure in the photograph is Beryl Martin with dog 'Juno".

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Scanned from photograph. Cardboard model of Midgehole WMC by person unknown. Was kept down at club for some years - location now unknown.

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A fulling mill existed in the area prior to the 16th century which had been replaced and extended. In 1861, Worrals a firm of dyers and finishers from Salford bought the newly built dyeworks and lower mill and extended the water supply by creating…

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Famous for its spring display of Daffodils.

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Photo was taken just after the motorway opened in 1971. Scammonden Bridge spans the Deanhead cutting carrying the B6114 (the former A6025) Elland to Buckstones road over the M62.

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Scanned from photograph

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Kitling Clough runs from Pecket Well to Midgehole.

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Hamlet where the author William 'Billy' Holt lived.

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Jon Duerden the owner awaiting customers, August 2010.

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c. 1960 Friths Mill, Bacup Road - Known as Temperley's "Bottom Shop".

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c. 1960 Friths Mill, Bacup Road - Known as Temperley's "Bottom Shop".

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This photo can be dated after 1965 (when the gallows signals outside Millwood tunnel were removed) but before 1973, when the signal box was demolished.

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March 1972
It is thought that the hole in the road incident was caused by the collapse of the goit. They poured 5 tons of concrete in the hole, thinking the water was coming off the hillside. The concrete was washed away overnight. After the hole was…

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March 1972
It is thought that the hole in the road incident was caused by the collapse of the goit. They poured 5 tons of concrete in the hole, thinking the water was coming off the hillside. The concrete was washed away overnight. After the hole was…

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March 1972 - It is thought that the hole in the road incident was caused by the collapse of the goit from Callis Mill which ran under the road before going back into the river. They poured 5 tons of concrete in the hole, thinking the water was coming…
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