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  • Collection: Pennine Heritage Collection

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PNH00817. October 1974. Rochdale Canal at the rear of buildings on Burnley Road.

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PNH00818. Village scene with Murgatroyd's Oats Royd Mill on the skyline. The Mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 and the six storey mill building seen here was totally destroyed.

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PNH00819.: Kershaw House is an example of an F plan house: two bays projecting from one main structure. In the 1500s it belonged to cloth manufacturer John Beaumont. The house was rebuilt in 1650 by James Murgatroyd." (From Weaver To Web -…

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PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…

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PNH00822. View across People's Park. Date unknown.

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PNH00824. Looking down to Town Hall Street.

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June 1981. The Town Hall facade covered in scaffolding.

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Opened April 1875. "The town hall in Todmorden straddles the River Calder and was situated in both Lancashire and Yorkshire until the county boundary was moved on January 1 1888. Designed by John Gibson of Westminster, this imposing building has a…

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PNH00828. C.1914. The town Hall was opened April 1875. "The town hall in Todmorden straddles the River Calder and was situated in both Lancashire and Yorkshire until the county boundary was moved on January 1 1888. Designed by John Gibson of…

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Free Masons Arms, Blind Lane, Burnley Road. Date unknown but pre First World War.

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PNH00830.March 1990. View over the Canal to Stoodley Pike.

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PNH00831. View across the town with the Railway Station centre left. The locomotive and wagons date the photo at around 1880.

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General view pre-1914 over the No. 1 Viaduct and canal bridge looking up towards Walsden.

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The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.

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The unveiling ceremony on 2 July 1922. 75 men from ther town were lost in the First World War.

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Originally a cloth hall for selling pieces of cloth, it was ceremoniously opened on January 1st 1779. It flourished for 35 years but increasing mechanisation undermined the handloom weaver and the Piece Hall became redundant. In 1868 it was signed…

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In 1871 the Piece Hall adapted to the times and bcame a Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable market. This photograph may have been taken in the 1920s or 1930s.

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This photograph must be pre 24th March 1974, the date on which the cooling towers were demolished. For more information about the power station see http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/nostalgia/towers-that-refused-to-die-1-1922270
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