The father of the children was Sandy Longbottom, who sailed from Liverpool to New York in January 1907. His wife, Clara Ann, nee Robinson, was pregnant with their 4th child. He never returned. L-R Gladys, b 1892, Mary Monica, b 1900, Clara Ann,…
Taken in the mid-twenties. Philip was born 25th September 1922, Ada Mary Cockcroft born at Hawksclough, Mytholmroyd on 28th April 1896 and Claude Longbottom was born 1st February 1897 at Boulderclough.
The white painted pub is the Shoulder of Mutton, behind which is the decorative end of the Council Offices. The chimney is on Bridge Mill, and behind the shop with the blind, for many years Bonsall's hardware sop, is Linden Mill..
This house, Mayroyd Mill House, was deluged with water when firemen fought a fire which destroyed the nearby Mayroyd Mill, on 10th February 1936. Overnight the water froze. Lloyd Greenwood, the boy looking at the camera, and his friends, stopped to…