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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
Stuttard's Wagon - MOT00233
Stuttard's Wagon 1906 - This wagon carrying cotton goods is photographed at the corner of Blind Lane where it joins Victoria Road. The date is 7th July 1906. The wagon had been in the mile-long Lifeboat Saturday parade, in which most of the town's…
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.
Manufacturing Engineers - MOT00103
Machinery for the textile industry was manufactured in various Todmorden engineering workshops.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00104
William Mitchell;, Todmorden, catalogue advertisement.
Machinery Advertisement - MOT00105
Thwaite and Dobson, Cinderhill Mill, Castle Street, Todmorden - advertisement.
Lifeboat Saturday Parade - MOT00290
Aston and Barker's wagon is paraded through the town in the Lifeboat Saturday procession on 7th July 1906
Astin & Barkers, Salford - MOT00292
Several Todmorden firms produced or maintained the machinery used in the cotton factories. Lord Bros. produced textile machinery, often building looms to their own specification. Jeremiah Jackson was also in the machine trade as textile engineers,…
Engineering Workshop, Astin & Barkers - MOT00295
A corner of the engineering workshop of Astin & Barker's Victoria Ironworks, Salford. 1890 - 1900.
Copper Drying Cylinder - MOT00296
The lorry is carrying a copper drying cylinder made by Geo. Whitehead & Sons at their Salford Works. This type of cylinder was used in the sizing process at firms such as Matthew Stuttard's, Warp Sizers, of Knowlwood Mill.
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.
