The bridge carrying Station Road over the Rochdale Canal with Machpelah Works above. The bridge was widened in 1913/4 after many years of wrangling between successive Local Authorities and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. The extension with the…
The big warehouse under construction is the Orchard Business Park. Mytholmroyd Farm is to the left of the picture. The buildings to the top left were part of Thornber Chicks.
We have this photo dated 1961, but Jonathan Greenwood comments: “I have a copy of this print because the building in the centre used to belong to my great grandparents, Thomas (Tommy) & Harriet Louisa (Louie) Knight, who ran it as a bakery. They both…
Goods facilities at the station were withdrawn in 1966 and the warehouse was let for general storage including by Moderna Blankets were. It was badly damaged by fire in 1969 as seen here and subsequently demolished. The site is now the station car…