15th August 1945 was declared VJ Day to celebrate the Allies victory over Japan. Here residents of Well Street are enjoying themselves. Mary Ann Pollard watches from the left.
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Once in a secluded situation and surrounded by woods, but now hedged in by buildings and the railway. The hall itself has been scheduled in the 1913 L & Y…
In 1830, the three Ingham brothers bought a plot of land in the Castle Street area. Trading as Richard Ingham & Sons, they built Woodhouse Mill as a steam powered cotton-spinning mill in 1832. It…
BOTTOMS MILL, Walsden
LOCATION: Bottoms
REF: CD6
GRID REF: 934 214
CLASSIFICATION: D
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Quite a small mill site on either side of Rochdale Road. Mill buildings…
NAME: SANDHOLME MILL
LOCATION: Commercial Street, Todmorden
REF: CD37
GRID REF: 944 242
CLASSIFICATION: B and C
CONDITION: Fully used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The last of this group of mills…
NAME: LYDGATE MILL
LOCATION: Lydgate
REF: CD 47
GRID REF: 921 257
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid-late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The name suggests that this was the earliest mill…
NAME: PORTSMOUTH MILL
LOCATION: Portsmouth
REF: CD 59
GRID REF: 898 263
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Semi used
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Located at the foot of Beater Clough, this as the…