c1937/8. Constructing the footbridge over the canal from the Memorial Garden to Calder Holmes Park. In the distance beneath the bridge can be seen Victoria Bridge on Station Road over the Calder and centre right semaphore signal on the railway near…
Obviously a time of drought judging by the level of the River Calder. It was originally, a water-powered cotton mill and at the time, the largest mill in Charlestown.
Poatcard with1931 postmark. Top left a tram on Burnley Road, they were withdrawn in 1936. Top right Dauber Bridge on Cragg Road and bottom right Hawksclough and bridge over the River Calder.
Postcard with October 1904 postmark. A busy small industrial village at the time this photo was taken, but all the mills have now gone. On the hillside is Brearley House built in 1841 and not to be confused with the older nearby Brearley Hall. The…
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Looking towards Hebden Bridge with far left the cobbled double side sloping track up to the station. The track is still there but the station closed to passengers in 1951.
The street facing you is Valley Street. In front is James (Jimmy) Mitchell's…
On the left is the brick built extension to Sowerby Bridge Mills on piers over the River Calder. The tall centre one is Carlton Mills, this is the only surviver in this image and is now appartments. The far one is LockHill Mills and was occupied by…