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The River Calder snakes its way through the picture, with the Rochdale Canal on the left initially and then on the right. Note the funfare in the Community Centre carpark.

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Moderna Trading Estate in the foreground, and Calder High School centre right

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Broad Beam boat on the canal at Hebden Bridge moored at Hebble End. In the distance the bridge taking the road up to Fairfield

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Broad Beam boat on the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge with Picture House in the background.

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Waterside Mill fire 1901 - On 17th June 1901 fire destroyed the old spinning mill belonging to Fielden Bros. Built around 1800 and adjoining the Laneside cottages, the four-storey building was the first of many extensions and additions that would…

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Lifeboat Saturday procession, 7th July 1906. The RNLI lifeboat 'Busbie', from Fleetwood, is being turned at the end of Richmond street to complete its voyage through the town.

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The Todmorden Gas Company, an independent enterprise, was formed around 1848. In 1887 the Local Board were in favour of purchasing the gas company, but the asking price £69,569, was too high and it was not until 1893, when the Gas Purchases Act was…

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The gasworks area, looking towards Woodhouse, in the late 19th Century

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The five arch viaduct on the Manchester & Leeds Railway is right of centre and the Rochdale Canal to the left.

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Springside 1910 - This view overlooking Springside provides a splendid record of the mills, which once dominated this part of the valley. In the foreground, lying between the river and the Rochdale canal is Nanholme Mill, which was used primarily for…

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View looking towards Springside from Lob Mill area, c1910.

The long wooden building by the canalside was originally a rope works, erected Jonas Clegg in 1887.

The buildings on the roadside have all disappeared, along with the place names: Nell Cote…
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