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Castle Street area of Todmorden, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel - MOT00428
The Castle Street area, Halifax Road, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel. The scene is dominated by Cinderhill Mills. The Rose and Crown Inn can be seen in the lower centre.
Hollins Mill, Walsden - MOT00429
This former spinning mill and weaving sheds were built in 1856-8 by Abraham Ormerod & Bros. The mill was purchased by Caleb Hoyle in 1904. At the time of this photograph, about 1962, the four-storey building was occupied by Sunway Blinds. The shed on…
Lobb Mill, Todmorden around 1902-6. - MOT00431
The five arch viaduct on the Manchester & Leeds Railway is right of centre and the Rochdale Canal to the left.
Walton's Picker Works, c1910 - MOT00217
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Walton's Picker Works - MOT00218
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Walton's Picker Works - MOT00219
The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00220
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00221
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Textile Ancillary Trades - MOT00222
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823, Lawrence Wilson had produced bobbins and spindles, his firm starting in a…
Wilson Bros Bobbin Company Ltd. - MOT00223
Cornholme Bobbin Works, Todmorden.
Wilson's Bobbin Mill, Cornholme - MOT00224
The bobbin works at the height of its power in the early 1900s.
Bobbin Mill Close, 1986. - MOT00225
Following the partial demolition of the mill in the late 1950s the site lay derelict for many years and now forms a local authority housing area.
Burnley Road, Cornholme - MOT00226
General view of Burnley Road, Cornholme, dominated by Wilson Bros' mill and their factory clock, 1905
Wilson Bros' Decorated Float - MOT00229
Wilson Bros' decorated float, taken on Coronation Day, 9th August 1902.
Reference Letter - MOT00230
Martin Holt Ltd. Redundancy open reference for Arnold Knight
Holt's Picker Works, Eastwood, c1930 - MOT00231
In the centre is Arnold Knight who lived nearby at Callis Bridge. Arnold was laid off in 1934 because of the trade depression caused by the Wall Street crash. Information supplied by his grandson Jonathan Greenwood.
Holt's Picker Works - MOT00232
Martin Holt Ltd. Advertisement
John Helliwell, Bobbin Manufacturer - MOT00234
Advertisement Pudsey Mill Bobbin Works
Crossley Greenwood's, Shuttle Manufacturer, Cornholme - MOT00236
The workforce of Crossley Greenwood's, shuttle manufacturer, grouped outside their works at Caldervale Mill, Cornholme. Crossley Greenwood himself is at the centre, rear, with his son Johnny Greenwood on his right.
Greenwood & Co., Shuttle Makers - MOT00237
Greenwood & Co. took 'room and power' at Salford Mill (where the new units are today) in 1892. Members of the Greenwood family and employees are seen in this photograph in the 1920s.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00104
William Mitchell;, Todmorden, catalogue advertisement.