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Todmorden Fire Service - MOT00446
First Motor Fire Engine - Local officials and visitors from neighbouring towns met at the Fire Station on 30th October 1914 to witness the arrival of the new motor fire engine, delivered by Merryweather & Co. of London. Shortly after 2 o'clock,…
The Todmorden Gas Company - MOT00442
The Todmorden Gas Company, an independent enterprise, was formed around 1848. In 1887 the Local Board were in favour of purchasing the gas company, but the asking price £69,569, was too high and it was not until 1893, when the Gas Purchases Act was…
The Todmorden Gas Company - MOT00440
The Todmorden Gas Company, an independent enterprise, was formed around 1848. In 1887 the Local Board were in favour of purchasing the gas company, but the asking price £69,569, was too high and it was not until 1893, when the Gas Purchases Act was…
Road Improvement - MOT00436
Road paving, 1911 - The operation of motor buses by the Corporation helped to bring about improvements in the surfacing and repair of local roads. The increasing presence of motor transport in the late 1900s was responsible for the disintegration of…
Todmorden Gasworks - MOT00435
The gasworks area, looking towards Woodhouse, in the late 19th Century
Celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawsons Albion Mill 1935 - MOT00411
Weavers celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawson's Albion Mill, May 1935. Dawson's had just acquired a new flag for the occasion. The names are, back row, left to right: Mrs Barker, Maud Walton, Blanche Waddington, Kathleen Marshall (behind),…
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.
Technical Education : Weaving - MOT00377
Todmorden Technical School - weaving room
Pioneer Mill, Walsden - MOT00371
Mule Spinners at Pioneer Mill, Walsden c1912 - The mill was built by the Pioneer Mill Company which had been formed to celebrate the jubilee of the Walsden Co-operative Society. The corner stone of the new mill (actually named 'Jubilee' Mill) was…
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
Chaffer's Wheelwrights shop - MOT00331
Chaffers Wheelwright's shop at Salford. A scene inside the wheelwright's shop at Salford, 1905-10. This staged photograph taken by Herbert Hardaker shows the process of 'hooping the wheel'. The middle figure is Young Chaffer who, with his brother,…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00323
This decorated cart has been prepared for a procession, under the eye of Mr William Sutcliffe, of Lowerlaithe.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's teams of horses,…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00322
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00320
Stansfield Corn Mill showing later additions, including the detached office building.
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Originally owned by Messrs. Thompson, the business was taken over by the Sutcliffe family around 1856.
Sutcliffe's bought grain at the ports of Liverpool,…
Stansfield Corn Mill - MOT00319
The earliest known photograph of the corn mill, taken from the present Simon Warman site. To the right of the chimney are Hallroyd Cottages, and further right, the signal box and original railway crossing, later replaced by a bridge.
Originally…
Originally…
Lord Bros. - MOT00313
Group photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Lord Bros. - MOT00312
Group photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Lord Bros. - MOT00311
Group photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Lord Bros. - MOT00310
Photograph taken in the foundry area at Lord Bros., later occupied by Kinghorns.
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00307
Interior view of the packing department on the Baltimore site.
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00306
The engineering workshop in the Canal Street works.
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…