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  • Collection: Todmorden Antiquarian Society

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First Mayor of Todmorden, 1897-1898

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First Mayor of Todmorden, 1897-1898

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Mayor of Todmorden 1911-1919

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R to L: Mayor, Alderman Lionel Cockcroft, Mayoress Mrs Mary Cockcroft, Mayor's Attendant Enoch Horsfall.

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This is a portrait of Abraham Greenwood Eastwood (1823–1911) of Todmorden. Solicitor. Registrar of the county court. Clerk to the Todmorden magistrates [for 62 years] and provisional Town Mayor of Todmorden prior to the instalment of Caleb Hoyle…

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The statue of John Fielden is seen here in its original position. It was later moved to Fielden Square and then eventually into Centre Vale Park.

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Statue of John Fielden MP, in celebration of the 'Ten Hours Act' 1847. Designed by J H Foley in 1863 and cast in 1869. The Ten Hours Act reduced the permitted maximum hours of work for women and children to 10 hrs per day and 58 in any one week.

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Demonstrating the fact that Todmorden is at the cross roads of Lancashire and Yorkshire, this wonderful pediment depicts the Lancashire cotton trade on one side and the Yorkshire woollen trade on the other.
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