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Burnley Road from the junction with Caldene Avenue looking towards Halifax.

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Looking from Caldene Avenue across the River Calder and the Burnley Road to the Primary School.

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The River Calder looking downstream from County Bridge on New Road with a bus stranded on Burnley Road. St Michaels Church Hall is on the right.

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The River Calder looking upstream from Caldene Bridge.

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Elphin Brook looking downstream from the station.

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Mopping up on Burnley Road. The water level can be seen on the shop window.

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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…

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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.

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Undated postcard. Looking down the River Calder from Caldene Bridge. The roof of the Sunday school building over the bridge has since been lowered.

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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 Top left a tram on Burnley Road, they were withdrawn in 1936.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.

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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…

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The diagonal road is Hollins Mill Lane, the road across the bottom is Hollins Lane, the area bottom right is known as Hill Top.

The open area in the centre bellow the river is the site of Hollins Mill.

The area above the river on the left is…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Postcard published G.H. Greenwood, The Post Office, Todmorden. The Rochdale Canal is in the foreground.
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