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Cutting at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00132
Archie Wild of Netherwood.
Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00137
Far side of table: Marion Helliwell, S.G. Hellowell. Near side of table, left to right: Len Barrett, Lewis Barker.
Doubling at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00139
These machines are ring doubling frames, made by Howard & Bullough Ltd, Globe Works, Accrington, the world's largest maker of ring frames. They are making a folded (two or more folds) yarn. Bobbins from the bobbin winding frames are placed in the…
Spinning at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00140
This view in the Spinning Room shows ring spinning frames, an alternative process for the production of cotton yarn to the self-acting mule. Rovings from the roving frame are placed in the creel and the ends threaded through the roller drafting…
Interior of the Blowing Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00141
This view shows a scutcher, the final process in the Blowing Room. The large roll of cotton, called a 'lap' has been 'doffed' and has a lap rod inserted through the centre, ready to go to the carding machine in the Cardroom. A pile of lap rods is…
Nutclough Office, c1936 - CWS00142
Tom Southwell, seated. Percy Atherton standing.
Machine Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00143
Possibly Harry Moss on right.
Todmorden Unitarian Church - DMC00235
Set in an elevated position, its spire pointing 196 feet to the sky, the Unitarian Church at Todmorden symbolises man’s earnest attempts to glorify God, while at the same time demonstrating a desire to perpetuate man’s achievements. Designed by John…
Heptonstall Church - DTA00181
Interior of the parish church, Heptonstall
Birchcliffe Hall Interior, Aug 2011 - FJW00149
Prior to the HLF funded refurbishment.
A Gathering of Clergy - FJW00260
The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.
Front row, R to L: James Alison, Howard Pask, Tony Buglass, John Gott, Stanley Kirby. Rev Kath Lawson, (Vale Baptist Church Todmorden). Rev Ernie Walley (Yorkshire Baptist Association…
Front row, R to L: James Alison, Howard Pask, Tony Buglass, John Gott, Stanley Kirby. Rev Kath Lawson, (Vale Baptist Church Todmorden). Rev Ernie Walley (Yorkshire Baptist Association…
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge - FJW00262
The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.
Mayor, Cllr Betty Ward, with Rev and Mrs Kirby - FJW00263
The retirement party for Rev Stanley Kirby, 29th October, 2005.
Queen Street Mill near Burnley - FJW00295
This is the last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill.
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
By early 1982 the mill was only operating 440 looms and was no longer financially viable. It finally closed on 12 March 1982, and the mill was mothballed. The mill was rescued by…
Burton Agnes Hall, the Entrance Hall - HLS05716
Slide 11 - Having viewed the exterior, let us now enter this ancestral home by the southern porch. The true note of the place is struck when we enter the Entrance Hall, and find a richness of carving, and an elaboration of effect which is quite…
Burton Agnes Hall, the Hall Chimney Piece - HLS05717
Slide 12 - The Chimney Piece of the Hall was removed by Sir Griffiths Boynton from Barmston Manor House (a former seat of the Boyntons) and brought by him to Burton Agnes, some time about the year 1765.
Burton Agnes Hall, the Hall Screen - HLS05718
Slide 13 - Another notable feature is the Hall Screen, also said to have been removed from Barmston Hall.
There are two round arched doorways, and above them, an entablature supported on six Ionic columns. Most quaintly sculptured in the panels of…
There are two round arched doorways, and above them, an entablature supported on six Ionic columns. Most quaintly sculptured in the panels of…
Burton Agnes Hall, Archway in Hall - HLS05719
Slide 14 - The paneling of the room is very beautiful, and most elaborately worked, and the round-headed arch adds to the appearance of richness.
Such a place as Burton Agnes would scarcely be without its ghost, and the story as related in the…
Such a place as Burton Agnes would scarcely be without its ghost, and the story as related in the…