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Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00108
Newsroom, Waddington's 1953 - The newsroom at Waddington's, printers and publishers of the Todmorden News & Advertiser. The picture is one of a series taken in 1953, the centenary year of the newspaper, to show the workings of the organisation.…
Newspaper Office, Todmorden - MOT00111
The current Editor (2014) of the Todmorden News and Hebden Bridge Times, John Greenwood, pictured centre.
Oldroyd Mill, about 1912. - MOT00152
Water powered mills on the line of Lumbutts Clough in Causey Wood. Oldroyd Mill, about 1912, the last mill to be powered by water from Lumbutts Clough. The manager's house is attached to the left of the building. The mill chimney in the far…
On the Rochdale Canal at Sandholme - MOT00135
The crew of a canal boat consisted of captain, bosun and horse man. This photograph also shows members of the captain's family who, from the 1850s, were allowed to travel with the boat.
People start to arrive - MOT00544
People start to arrive at the Making of Todmorden exhibition at Todmorden Town Hall
Portsmouth Rovers, 1904-5 Team - MOT00389
Portsmouth Rovers and officials pictured outside the Roebuck Inn, 1904-5.
Portsmouth Station c1910, on the Copy Pit Line - MOT00144
Looking up the line. The buildings in the background were stores for wood, used in the manufacture of bobbins by Wilson Bros of Cornholme.
Portsmouth Station on the Copy Pit Line. - MOT00145
An early saddle tank engine on the level crossing at Portsmouth Station, 1890s. The loco - No.541 - was built for the L & Y Railway in 1877 and withdrawn from service in 1936.
Printing the Todmorden News in the 1950s - MOT00107
In the 1950s the News and Advertiser under the editorship of Sam Tonkiss was printed on the hot metal press shown in the photograph above - all this was soon to change, as other pictures indicate.
Proof Reading the Todmorden News - MOT00109
Editor, Pat Swift, puts another book to bed.
Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00169
Clearing the water course at Ramsden Wood Clough, about 1900.
Ramsden Wood Mill - MOT00170
Wood block printers at Ramsden Wood works. The man standing on the left of the table is Matthew Barr, of Walsden.
Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden about 1870 - MOT00168
Originally built as a cotton spinning mill in the early 19th Century, the buildings were later converted to a print and dye works. The abundant water supply was the chief reason for the selection of the site, but the chimney which is situated on the…
Rebuilding Frostholm Mill - MOT00470
Masons rebuilding part of Frostholm Mill, Cornholme, after it was devastated by fire in 1896.
Reference Letter - MOT00230
Martin Holt Ltd. Redundancy open reference for Arnold Knight
Ridgefoot, Todmorden - MOT00401
The mansion at Ridgefoot, about 1890, home of Abraham Ormerod, cotton manufacturer. On the left is Ridgefoot Mill which was primarily a weaving shed, run by the Ormerod Bros from 1842.
Road Improvement - MOT00436
Road paving, 1911 - The operation of motor buses by the Corporation helped to bring about improvements in the surfacing and repair of local roads. The increasing presence of motor transport in the late 1900s was responsible for the disintegration of…
Robinwood Mill and Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate. - MOT00174
Robinwood c1910, a panorama of industry and communications with the 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the so called Copy Pit Line. Robinwood Mill, built in 1834, and purchased by Fielden Bros. in 1844, became the centre of…