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Woodhouse Mill was built in 1832 and spun cotton for a century until the Depression halted production. It remained empty for 50 years until it was bought by an enthusiast who planned an industrial heritage centre, but restoration was halted by the…

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Door in corner led to kitchen. Single storey buiding on right was the laundry.

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This small mill is situated next to the Rochdale Canal and is now a private residence. It appears to have been used for a variety of purposes including by Richard H. Ingham as a woollen mill or warehouse as well as by a size manufacturer (size is a…

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Woodhouse Mill was built in 1832 and spun cotton for a century until the Depression halted production. It remained empty for 50 years until it was bought by an enthusiast who planned an industrial heritage centre, but restoration was halted by the…

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This restaurant actually materialised - opened for a while - then there was a fire and it closed.

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This restaurant actually materialised - opened for a while - then there was a fire and it closed.

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This Thorneycroft Wagon would pick up raw wool from the conditioning house at Bradford, and then deliver the washed, carded and combed wool "Tops" to customers. The wagon also brought coal from Sharleston Colliery. The wagon driver was John Birket.

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The Boiler House. A lot of coal was stored outside, it was brought from Sharlston Colliery near Wakefield . The man in the picture was the boiler fireman.

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The wagon is dressed up for the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in May 1935.

Percy Pollard, in flat cap, was the steam engine tenter. The wagon would be loaded with calico made at 'Old Charlie's Crabtree's'

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Originally Maude's, later Walkleys. Before the railway line was built the track across the field to the right hand side of this picture was the road to the hamlet of Stubb. The road disappearing off to the right towards the bottom of the picture…

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Looking towards Bankfoot in the 1930s, Bankfoot Mill is right of centre.

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Taken probably in the 1960s before the canal was culverted at Hebble End Bridge.

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Taken from Horsehold Road. The back of Salem Church is on the left and Melbourne Mill is on the right.
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