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John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00133
Derek Pollard on left, Roy Baker on right, both fitters working on a two drum sanding machine. In background is the centre lathe turning department. Roy later became the dynamite worker on the building of the M62.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00132
c1967, a gang chain morticer. Wilie Cole.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00131
Works trip by motor coach having breakfast stop on the "Great North Road", the A1, on their way to the woodworking machinery exhibition at Olympia, London, 1948.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00130
c1935. Vertical log saw, here it was in the fitting shop, after building extension it became the machine shop.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00129
Double ended tenoning machine in fitting shop, looking toward the old mill bottom.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00128
Horizontal log bandsaw.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00127
View from fitting shop into a machine shop. The drawing office can be seen through the glass window, note the heating pipes in the roof truss.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00126
Name plate for John Pickles
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00125
Composite picture of the gates of Mitchell's Mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00124
Boston Hill Estate, the house of the Mitchell family was next to Mitchell Bros Mill and is now Old town Cricket Club.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00123
Edward Teasdale (rear) and 2 engineers from Cole, Marchant & Morley Ltd., Bradford, on canteen steps at Mitchell Bros.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00122
c1960. Machine for making wool "Tops".
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00121
Percy Pollard inspecting missing tooth on gear wheel on No 1 motion shaft. This other gear wheel is connected to the main drive electric motor.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00120
View of high pressure cylinder, note the flywheel and connecting rod.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00119
Plan showing mill line of pipe to Sandy Gate.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00118
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00117
Plan showing mill and Old Town Hall.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00116
Plan showing tunnel from reservoir to mill.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00115
The parallel motion piston connecting rod to beam.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town - DEP00114
Percy Pollard at this time was the steam engineer at Charlie Crabtree Mill in Blind Lane, Todmorden, in reserved war-time occupation. Boston Hill Cottages had been servants' quarters when the big house was still there. at this time it was all owned…
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00113
This boiler ran the steam engine and, heated the mill, and washed the wool. The hopper and automatic stokers were made by "Proctors" of Burnley.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00112
The Boiler House. A lot of coal was stored outside, it was brought from Sharlston Colliery near Wakefield . The man in the picture was the boiler fireman.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00111
This Thorneycroft Wagon would pick up raw wool from the conditioning house at Bradford, and then deliver the washed, carded and combed wool "Tops" to customers. The wagon also brought coal from Sharleston Colliery. The wagon driver was John Birket.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00110
Mitchell Bros Mill and Old Town Hall. c1957. Situated above Hebden Bridge.
Mitchell Bros Mill, Old Town, Hebden Bridge - DEP00109
c1960, flywheel, governor, starting handle.