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  • Collection: Derek Pollard collection

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This cobbled road leads to Redacre sewage works and to Broadbottom Farm.

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All that remains of the former mill on the Rochdale Canal.

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In December 1984 a train of petrol tankers derailed in the tunnel resulting in a fierce fire with flames rising out of the shafts visible for miles around high over the hillsides and the fire continued burning for several days. Remarkably there was…

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Ada Arden, on the right, taken outside Hymans Corner Cafe in the Square, Hebden Bridge.

Ada was mother-in-law to Derek Pollard and she and her husband were Aunt and Uncle to Dorothy Hyman, who was an Olympic athlete in the 60s.

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The Yorkshire Air ambulance, seen here at Higher Blackshaw Farm, about to take Derek's cousin, Ian coates, to Leeds hospital after he had fallen through the roof of his barn. The BBC "Helicopter Heroes" team were on board and filmed the event which…

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Ian Coats after his accident

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Whilst working on the roof of his barn at higher blacks haw Farm, Ian Coates fell through this hole onto the concrete floor below.

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Situate in Trevelyan Square off Boar Lane.

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Situate in Trevelyan Square off Boar Lane. Leeds

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The Talbot Hounds Fountain was originally in the courtyard at Castle Carr. Now in Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane, Leeds.

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The Talbot Hounds Fountain in the courtyard. It is now in Trevelyan Square, off Boar Lane, Leeds.

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Looking on to New Road with the railway viaduct in the distance. On the right of the picture is Royal Fold and Scout Road goes off to the right. One of the 2 boys is Leslie Greenwood who worked for the Co-op most of his life.
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