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Brisbane Moss Corduroys, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. - MOT00279
Brisbane Moss Corduroys: Dyers and Finishers of velvets, velveteens, cords and suedettes, Bridgeroyd Mills, Eastwood. Cutting velveteens at Moss Bros, around 1900.
- Springside and Lob Mill txt
Board 51B of the Made in Todmorden Exhibition.
- MOT00137
Looking over Walsden sports field to Scar Rocks, c 1910. The small building on the left, called, 'Jerico' once stood on the line of the old canal. Winterbutlee Mill now gordon Rigg's Garden Centre, can be seen on the right. The mill in the middle…
Cyril Bean, porter at Todmorden Station - MOT00410
Cyril Bean, a well-known personality, worked as a railway porter. He is pictured in the porter's room at Todmorden Station, 1970.
Celebrating the end of war in 1945 - MOT00409
Celebrating the end of the war in Waterside shed, 1945. From left to right, Tommy Hudders, Sid Parton, Gladys Thomas, Vera Bailey, Clifford Mattison, Evelyn Lord, Arnold Brainbridge; front row, Connie Butterworth, Charlie Hartley and Muriel…
The working day. Alma Dawson, weaver - MOT00406
Alma Dawson, aged about 17, weaver at Dawson's in 1943. Like most weavers, Alma looked after 4 looms.
The working day - MOT00405
Weaver's and Tacklers at Emmet's shed, Caldervale Mill, Cornholme, 1913.
Career Poster - MOT00102
Spinning and weaving at Harley House, Adamroyd, and Ferney Mills, Todmorden.
Career Poster - MOT00101
Why not choose a career with Charles Crabtree Ltd and its Associated Company S and A Barker's Successors Ltd.
Advert for William Simpson, Shirt Manufacturer, Hallroyd - MOT00403
In his book 'I Haven't Unpacked' Billy Holt describes 'Old Sinbad', as he was known locally, who first took him on as a half-timer: "The proprietor was a short, stout, fussy old man with a round, untrimmed grey beard and a pair of steel-rimmed…
William Simpson, Shirt Manufacturer, Hallroyd. - MOT00402
In his book 'I Haven't Unpacked' Billy Holt describes 'Old Sinbad', as he was known locally, who first took him on as a half-timer: "The proprietor was a short, stout, fussy old man with a round, untrimmed grey beard and a pair of steel-rimmed…
Ridgefoot, Todmorden - MOT00401
The mansion at Ridgefoot, about 1890, home of Abraham Ormerod, cotton manufacturer. On the left is Ridgefoot Mill which was primarily a weaving shed, run by the Ormerod Bros from 1842.
Keith Cockroft - MOT00399
Keith Cockroft is pictured with Mrs Clara Dugdale, linen winder, on her retirement in 1957
Members of the Cockroft family with some of the workforce at Birks Mill, about 1930. - MOT00398
Members of the Cockroft family with some of the workforce at Birks Mill, about 1930. On the front row, wearing suits, from left to right, are Herbert Cockroft, Keith, Leo, John Arthur Cockroft (the firm's founder) and Eric.
Caleb Hoyle, Todmorden's foremost citizen in 1897 - MOT00397
Caleb Hoyle photographed in his mayoral robes before being presented to Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee.
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.
Todmorden Herald. - MOT00350
November 22 1905.
Todmorden Herald/Advertiser - MOT00349
Printing estimates/invoices
