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The Rochdale Canal - MOT00133
Mabel' passing 'Ellen' at Derdale. All the Rochdale Canal Company boats were named after women or flowers. In this photograph, flour from Stansfield Corn Mill is being hoisted into the barge.
The Summit Inn - MOT00132
The turnpike road at Summit, near the Todmorden - Littleborough border. In 1905 it became a terminus for the Rochdale Corporation Tramways.
Auction notice for Collection of Tolls - MOT00131
Toll House to let ad
Steanor Bottom Toll House - MOT00130
The toll house was built in 1847-8, at the junction of Rochdale and Calderbrook roads. For many years the toll board was blanked out by an imitation window frame.
Cross Stone, 1887 - MOT00129
A family group photographed outside the toll house on Cross Stone Road in 1887.
Toll Bar Charges - MOT00128
Toll charges shown on the board at Steanor Bottom Bar.
A Local Carter and his Team - MOT00127
A local carter and his team hauling a load towards the upland; this often required the assistance of one or more chain horses, as illustrated here.
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
A Canal Boat at Waterside, 1904. - MOT00126
A canal boat off-loading stone at the corporation yard at Waterside, 1904.
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening up of the valleys and the construction of Turn Pike Roads, with their…
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening up of the valleys and the construction of Turn Pike Roads, with their…
A view of Naze Road from Watty Lane, off Bacup Road - MOT00125
This is a good example of an upland route taken by packhorses in the years prior to the construction of the turnpike roads and canal.
A Pack-horse Train - MOT00124
A painting by Alfred Bayes, the Lumbutts-born artist, depicts a packhorse train travelling along the moorland causey stones, which still exist in many places today. The horses, led by a drover, were disciplined to follow the sound of bells fastened…
The entrance to Lower Ashes - MOT00122
The entrance to Lower Ashes, a splendid example of the type of house favoured by the well-to-do farmer and merchant clothier of the 17th century.
The stonecrusher at Sourhall, around 1900. - MOT00121
The rotating arm and its stone wheel were moved - by animal or man - around a circular base to produce sand for floors, roads and building work. The stone crusher was removed to Bacup town centre in the 1970s.
Todmorden Hall (rear view) - MOT00120
The door at the top of the steps was the entrance to the "takkin' in shop" of John Fielden, who lived there from 1703 to his death in 1734. This portion was probably added by the same John Fielden for the purpose of his business as a clothier, or…
The Growth of the Cottage Industry. - MOT00119
A reconstruction, by inhabitants of Old Farm, Mankinholes, of a cottage industry process.
The photograph, taken in 1885 shows John Greenwood, farmer, demonstrating the use of the 'bobbin-joan' a device used in earlier times for winding the spun…
The photograph, taken in 1885 shows John Greenwood, farmer, demonstrating the use of the 'bobbin-joan' a device used in earlier times for winding the spun…
The Growth of the Cottage Industry. - MOT00118
Handloom weavers, as depicted by the artist A.W. Bayes of Lumbutts.
The Growth of the Cottage Industry - MOT00117
A reconstruction, by inhabitants of Old Farm, Mankinholes, of a cottage industry process. The photograph, taken in 1885, shows Harriet Pilling, demonstrating the use of the 'bobbin-joan' a device used in earlier times for winding the spun cotton on…
Hill Farming & The Growth of the Cottage Industry - MOT00116
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…
A view of Ratcher and Hough Stones, above Holebottom - MOT00115
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…
Hill Farming & The Growth of the Cottage Industry. - MOT00114
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…
