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Machinery Advertisement - MOT00105
Thwaite and Dobson, Cinderhill Mill, Castle Street, Todmorden - advertisement.
Lord Bros. Engineering Workshop - MOT00299
A view across the engineering workshop.
This photograph shows three Earnshaw brothers, all of whom worked in engineering since leaving school. John and Edgar were killed in the First World War. William, the eldest (shown on the extreme left), taught…
This photograph shows three Earnshaw brothers, all of whom worked in engineering since leaving school. John and Edgar were killed in the First World War. William, the eldest (shown on the extreme left), taught…
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00303
An illustration of the Lord Bros site, showing Stackhills Road and Baltimore in the foreground.
Lord Bros. - MOT00312
Group photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Lord Bros. - MOT00313
Group photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00320
Stansfield Corn Mill showing later additions, including the detached office building.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00321
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses, noted for their strength, were constantly seen on the roads as they moved the grain and flour to and from the mill.…
Sutcliffe's teams of horses, noted for their strength, were constantly seen on the roads as they moved the grain and flour to and from the mill.…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00322
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00323
This decorated cart has been prepared for a procession, under the eye of Mr William Sutcliffe, of Lowerlaithe.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Whitesmiths - MOT00326
John Willie Bentley and his son, John Bentley, at Blind Lane, about 1890. The Man on the right is the roadman employed by the Holebottom Trust who used to bring his pick heads and chisels to the smithy to be sharpened.
Advertisement for Barker's cycle works - MOT00329
This advertisement accompanies photographs for Barker's cycle works at Millwood, 1902. In 1909 the Barker family moved to Bolton and set up a business selling and repairing motor cars.
Schofield's joinery and timber yard, 1893 - MOT00343
The yard, which was behind the Weavers Arms, is now a residential site. The entrance is from Ferney Lee Road
