Derek Pollard, fitter, in the machine shop, June 1998. Note the big planer at the far end. The planer was fitted into an 8 feet (2.5 m) deep pit so that it would clear the overhead crane. Due to the water table level in this area, a water pump had…
Leo Nicol, crane driver, in fitting shop. Leo was not tall enough for the army so he was a Bevan Boy and worked in a coal mine driving an electric narrow gauge railway engine. He then worked t Hebden Bridge gas works, then driving a crane in the…
Tool staff having a night out at a Medieval Banquet at Kershaw House c1973. Far left: Trevor Beard; far right: Patrick McKensie;Mrs McKensie; Carole Pollard; Derek Pollard. c1973.
Looking down towards the canal from beside the Post Office.
Westfield Mill with BCA Leisure is on the left. Broadbent Machine Tools is on the right, this building was originally called Empress Foundry, now Empress Works.
There was a saw mill here in the mid 19th Century. The building on the right was once the engine house for Brockwell Mill, and THE white house was the mill owner's house. If you continue down the cobbled road on the right you would come to the base…
LOCATION: Crimble Clough, Slaithwaite
REF: CV27
GRID REF: 083 145
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid – late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Built in 1864, this is a five storey, stone built mill, double gabled…