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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
Todmorden Rope Workers - MOT00345
The date and location of the photograph are unknown.
Printing the Todmorden News in the 1950s - MOT00107
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00108
Newsroom, Waddington's 1953 - The newsroom at Waddington's, printers and publishers of the Todmorden News & Advertiser. The picture is one of a series taken in 1953, the centenary year of the newspaper, to show the workings of the organisation.…
Proof Reading the Todmorden News - MOT00109
Editor, Pat Swift, puts another book to bed.
Todmorden News and Advertiser - MOT00110
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00111
The current Editor (2014) of the Todmorden News and Hebden Bridge Times, John Greenwood, pictured centre.
Todmorden Herald/Advertiser - MOT00349
Printing estimates/invoices
Todmorden Herald. - MOT00350
November 22 1905.
Todmorden Herald - MOT00351
Dickie Dewhirst, proprietor of the Todmorden Herald, outside his shop (now the Border Bookshop), Halifax Road, Todmorden. The last issue of the Herald was published on 3rd April, 1912.
Welfare - MOT00354
Ten Hours Bill Medal
Statue of John Fielden M.P. in Centre Vale Park, Todmorden - MOT00355
In memory of his activities, a statue was originally erected by Todmorden Town Hall in 1875. It was then moved to Fielden Square in 1890. It was moved to its present location in Centre Vale Park in 1939.
Welfare Matters for Children - MOT00356
Extract from "The Curse of the Factory System" by 'Honest John' Fielden, describing the child laboour situation in the 1830s.
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory…
The Curse of the Factory System by John Fielden, M.P. for Oldham. - MOT00357
Prior to the commencement of the 19th Century little thought had been given to the conditions under which factory workers were employed, whether they were children or adults.
By the early 1820s several attempts had been made to introduce…
By the early 1820s several attempts had been made to introduce…