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Career Poster - MOT00102
Spinning and weaving at Harley House, Adamroyd, and Ferney Mills, Todmorden.
Castle Street area of Todmorden, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel - MOT00428
The Castle Street area, Halifax Road, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel. The scene is dominated by Cinderhill Mills. The Rose and Crown Inn can be seen in the lower centre.
Celebrating the end of war in 1945 - MOT00409
Celebrating the end of the war in Waterside shed, 1945. From left to right, Tommy Hudders, Sid Parton, Gladys Thomas, Vera Bailey, Clifford Mattison, Evelyn Lord, Arnold Brainbridge; front row, Connie Butterworth, Charlie Hartley and Muriel…
Celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawsons Albion Mill 1935 - MOT00411
Weavers celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawson's Albion Mill, May 1935. Dawson's had just acquired a new flag for the occasion. The names are, back row, left to right: Mrs Barker, Maud Walton, Blanche Waddington, Kathleen Marshall (behind),…
Chaffer's Wheelwrights shop - MOT00331
Chaffers Wheelwright's shop at Salford. A scene inside the wheelwright's shop at Salford, 1905-10. This staged photograph taken by Herbert Hardaker shows the process of 'hooping the wheel'. The middle figure is Young Chaffer who, with his brother,…
Children in the labour force - MOT00363
Boys at Roomfield School, about 1906. The boy at the front of the first line on the left is Walter Stott.
Children in the Labour Force - MOT00364
The half timer's certificate issued to John Barnes on the day of his twelfth birthday.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to employ than adults. Operatives also favoured children working as it…
Children in the labour force - MOT00365
'Little piecers' in the mule room at Mons Mill, c.1910. Walter Stott, seated on the right in the middle row, went to work as a half timer at the age of 12.
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Children were an important part of the labour force. For employers they were cheaper to…
Cinderhill Spinning Company, Castle Street Works - MOT00416
Modern Cotton Spinning at Cinderhill, 1984.
Cinderhill Spinning Company, Castle Street Works - MOT00417
Mohammed Bashir (Jimmy Basher), 1984.
Cinderhill Spinning Company, Castle Street Works - MOT00418
Elizabeth Fielder piecing-up ends, 1984.
Clog Iron Shop, Walsden - MOT00332
Workers outside the clog iron shop at Walsden. The brick building on Alma Street is still in existence today (1993).
Christopher Hiley provides the following information: "This photo was never one of our family's collection but I believe the young…
Christopher Hiley provides the following information: "This photo was never one of our family's collection but I believe the young…
Copper Drying Cylinder - MOT00296
The lorry is carrying a copper drying cylinder made by Geo. Whitehead & Sons at their Salford Works. This type of cylinder was used in the sizing process at firms such as Matthew Stuttard's, Warp Sizers, of Knowlwood Mill.
Cross Stone, 1887 - MOT00129
A family group photographed outside the toll house on Cross Stone Road in 1887.
Crossley Greenwood's, Shuttle Manufacturer, Cornholme - MOT00236
The workforce of Crossley Greenwood's, shuttle manufacturer, grouped outside their works at Caldervale Mill, Cornholme. Crossley Greenwood himself is at the centre, rear, with his son Johnny Greenwood on his right.
Crow Carr Ings Mill - MOT00541
Looking across the former weaving shed of Crow Carr Ings Mill with its polished maple wood floor, May 1993.
Crow Carr Ings Mill - MOT00542
Looking across the former weaving shed of Crow Carr Ings Mill with its polished maple wood floor, May 1993.
Cyril Bean, porter at Todmorden Station - MOT00410
Cyril Bean, a well-known personality, worked as a railway porter. He is pictured in the porter's room at Todmorden Station, 1970.
Demolition of Adamroyd chimney on Blind Lane - MOT00506
Adamroyd chimney on Blind Lane was demolished in the summer of 1980.
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government…
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government…
Demolition of Law Mill Chimney - MOT00505
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government introduced help for authorities to start a housing programme. This…