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Workers of John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00146
Three John Pickles employees, Tony Summerscales, apprentice foundary pattern maker (on left) Gainger Lee, apprentice centre lathe turner (centre) and Derek Pollard, apprentice fitter, on the right. c1959
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00143
Multi spindle moulder, used for making skirting boards etc. Douglas Parker holding the sheet.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00141
Large planing machine for long beam, mqade for the Mercy docks and Harbour Board. Herbert Ellison and Eric Warrington, on left , Albert Cockroft with his back to the camera. c 1961
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00136
Machine/fitting shop. See the big crane, the driver was John Cockroft whose father was the architect of the trestle bridge at Blake Dean.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00133
Derek Pollard on left, Roy Baker on right, both fitters working on a two drum sanding machine. In background is the centre lathe turning department. Roy later became the dynamite worker on the building of the M62.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00132
c1967, a gang chain morticer. Wilie Cole.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00122
c1960. Machine for making wool "Tops".
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00121
Percy Pollard inspecting missing tooth on gear wheel on No 1 motion shaft. This other gear wheel is connected to the main drive electric motor.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00112
The Boiler House. A lot of coal was stored outside, it was brought from Sharlston Colliery near Wakefield . The man in the picture was the boiler fireman.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00102
Percy Pollard and his son Derek inside the Lancashire Boiler; they are sitting on the two tubes. The bioler had to be descaled and inspected every year.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00100
Percy Pollard, Mill Engineer, born 12/5/1908, the engine was made by Woodhouse & Mitchell in Brighouse
Staff at J.H. Temperley & Son Ltd. c1960 - DMC00363
L to R - Roy Temperley, Young Uttley, Jack Uttley, Barker Holden, Roy Nuttall and David Martin. Temperley's manufactured ceramic, clay and sanitary pipes at Clough Head Mine, Dulesgate, Todmorden.
Interior Wall - STM00101
After they closed the burial chamber and laid the wall foundations, they were able to make good progress on the wall. The old chapel stonework exactly matched the church interior stonework. The craftsmanship in matching the stonework to the existing…
Slack, above Heptonstall - DTA00117
Snow clearing at Slack, c1981. This is just belown the junction at Slack Bottom. The houses on the right are at Draper Corner.
Can Anybody Identify? - BRS00161
This was probably a local supply reservoir, and could be Ardsley Reservoir near Wakefield.
Can Anybody Identify? - BRS00159
This was probably a local supply reservoir, and could be Ardsley Reservoir near Wakefield.
Heckmondwike Railway Bridge, 1936 - BRS00155
Installing a pipeline over the railway.
Heckmondwike Railway Bridge, 1936 - BRS00154
Installing a pipeline over the railway.
