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L to R: William Shaw, Bernard Shaw, Mayor Eunice Shaw (hidden) Mayor of Halifax Alderman J. Liley, Mayoress of Halifax, Mrs I Liley.

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The event was the Mayor's Dinner, 23rd May, 1969.

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Mayor Eunice Shaw with Mayor and Mayoress of Halifax. On left husband Bernard Shaw.

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L to R: William Shaw, Bernard Shaw, Mayor Eunice Shaw, Mayoress of Halifax, Mrs I Liley and Mayor of Halifax Alderman J. Liley.

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Mayor Eunice Shaw with Canon Harry W. Hodgson on the way to the Mayor's Civic Service at Christ Church, Todmorden, 25th May, 1969.

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Mayor Cllr Eunice Shaw with husband Bernard and her father William Earnshaw.

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Bernard Shaw, Mayor Cllr Eunice Shaw, Rev Canon Harry W. Hodgson, Charles Crossley

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The Massive Mons Mill is on the left. Original loaned by Gail Hartley, Elphaborough Hall, Mytholmroyd.

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Earnest Copping pulling a pint. He died 4.4.74 so this picture is probably taken in the early 70s. The club was also known as 'Rat Trap'. Donated by Karen Senior.

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On the hillside above Burnley Road the chapel was founded in 1777 and enlarged and extended over the years. The church closed in the 1960s and a part is now a private house but the rest is derelict and the chapel roofless.

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Todmorden town centre looking along Burnley Road to the railway viaduct.

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The Garden of Remembrance and War Memorial in Centre Vale Park, which was unveiled on 9th October 1921. The area, which was originally the kitchen garden for Centre Vale Mansion, includes statuary by the sculptor Gilbert Bayes. Nearby is the statue…

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St Mary's is the historic Parish Church of Todmorden although although from 1832 until it closed 1992 that honour was held by Christ Church.

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The Grade l Listed building dates from 1865/9. It was built by the three Fielden brothers, Samuel, John Jr. and Joshua, in honour of their late father, ‘Honest’ John Fielden MP at a cost of £35,000. It closed in 1987 but following a £1M restoration…

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Local cotton mill owner Mr Thos. Ramsbotham erected Centre Vale House in 1826-8. John Fielden bought the Centre Vale estate, which included the house and surrounding parkland, in 1842. Mr Fielden M.P. was famous for introducing the Ten Hours Act…

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The railway station is behind the buildings in the centre.

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Todmorden Hall, or Todmorden Old Hall, dates from around 1603 and was built by the Radcliffe family replacing an earlier house. It then passed into the Fielden family for several decades up to 1795. In 1924 it became the Post Office and is now a…

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The Grade ll listed house was originally built in 1640 for James Stansfield and extensively enlarged in 1862 in Gothic Revival style for Joshua Fielden M.P. It is now divided into apartments.

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Looking in the Halifax direction.

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The image is overwritten 'Parish Church' but this is Christ Church and not St Mary's which is the historic Parish Church. However with the opening of Christ Church in 1832 that became the Parish Church. In 1987 the decision was taken to close one of…

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The poster for the Bridge Street Sunday School event dates this photo to 1905.

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View across Christ Church and the town to Cross Stone Church on the far hillside. Just discernible below the hillside on the left are the platforms of Stansfield Hall Station on the Todmorden - Burnley line. The station closed in 1944. Stansfield…
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