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This tram is heading back to Halifax from West Vale, terminating at the post office on Commercial Street. The Economic stores, of which there were branches all over Calderdale at one time, can be seen on the right.

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The sign says Death Trap, there were many accidents here because of the sharpness of the turns on and off the bridge.

The tramcar to Hebden Bridge crossing Falling Royd Bridge is No 107, constructed at the Halifax Corporation Tramways workshops in…

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Tram on Fallingroyd Bridge half way between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. The 'S' shaped bridge was an infamous black spot before it was re-aligned and the sign reads DEATH TRAP

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This happened on the 1st of July 1906, on North Bridge. Tram number 94 went out of control as it travelled down New Bank and overturned on North Bridge. Two people were killed and 12 injured. The driver was dismissed and a strike ensued. By 31st…

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The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.

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Donated by Charlie Greenwood

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Yet another photo stop on the journey to Steanor Bottom, beyond Walsden. Outside the Railway Inn or Tavern at the junction with Alma Road, Walsden.

The hotel building is still there but has been converted to apartments, the building on the left has…

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Having arrived at the Sandbed terminus, Eastwood, the bus will depart for the Town Hall once the conductor has changed the destination board. The white bands painted on lamp posts were to inform passengers that these were a bus stop. Not all posts…

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The Stansfield or Todmorden Curve going off centre left after the signal box at the end of the viaduct, with the coal drops in front of the box. The curve provided a connection from Todmorden Station onto the 'Copy Pit' line to Burnley and the North…

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The brick 'Great Wall' supported the sidings and goods yard to the west of the station above the canal.


It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…

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The gasworks area, looking towards Woodhouse, in the late 19th Century

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Taken at Pall Mall, now a car park. Watson's mill on the left, now Russell Dean's furniture shop. Postcard.

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Photo by E. Clapham, Todmorden, AN 70081410

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Todmorden bus first registered in 1948

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Buses lined up beside the gas holder at Millwood. The buses are seen travelling uphill towards the main road from the early bus garage which was the former elecricity destructor building. The bus on the left was rebodied as a single deck following an…

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No 2 bus outside the Town Hall on 1st January 1907 prior to the inaugural run to Steanor Bottom. The Mayor, Alderman Abraham Crossley, is standing at the extreme right surrounded by children and well-wishers. The bus, one of two supplied by…

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The fleet of five buses of the Todmorden Motor Bus Committee and crews photographed on the lane leading to the electricity destructor, where the buses where garaged.

An Act of Parliament in 1906 allowed the Corporation to provide a bus service for…
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