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Site of Eastwood Station in May 2013 - DNT00101
The station opened here when the section of the Manchester and Leeds Railway between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge was inaugurated in December 1840. The station closed in 1951 but the coal drops remained in use until the mid-1960s.
Photo David N…
Photo David N…
Sowerby Bridge Station - MCH00196
Postcard dated June 1908.
Charlestown Rail Disaster, 1912 - MCH00167
On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.
Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…
Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…
Lydgate, Todmorden, 1983 - TNC00354.tif
Robinwood Mill on the right with Stoodley Pike on the skyline and the Burnley - Todmorden railway, the Copy Pit Line, on the left which was once threatened with closure but now has hourly Blackpool - York and Blackburn - Manchester services.
Bus at Hungry Wood Arch, Todmorden - TAS00239
Not much room for error!
Todmorden Bus Station - TAS00237
Note the left hand bus is being used as an office.
Burnley Bus in Todmorden Town Centre - TAS00233
Outside the Abraham Ormerod Centre, Burnley Road, Todmorden
Bus on Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00132
North Street, between the Town Hall and the viaduct, Todmorden. The building underneath the arch housed road salt. Note the train on the viaduct.
Bus number 2, registration number C-1503 and with its replacement single deck body following an…
Bus number 2, registration number C-1503 and with its replacement single deck body following an…
Summit Tunnel 150 years Celebration, 1991 - DAH00206
Summit Tunnel is one of the world's oldest railway tunnels. It was constructed between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to provide a direct line between Leeds and Manchester. When built, Summit Tunnel was the longest railway…
Halifax Station - DPC00593
This view of the approach to the station with its cobbled road remains much the same, but the frontage is of a more modern design today.
Halifax Station - DPC00591
View of the approach to the station with its cobbled. The frontage has been remodelled. This photograph is on a postcard with a mark of 1917. The houses clinging to the Southowram hillside have mostly gone.
The Station, Sowerby Bridge - DPC00471
The frontage of this station was demolished and very little remains of this handsome structure. The building to the left is what is now the Jubilee Rooms refreshment venue. The station platforms were remodelled in the the mid 20th C and the goods…
Copperashouse from near Watty Farm, Todmorden, 2003 - CRN00366
The pub next to the railway arch is the Mason's Arms at the bottom of the Bacup Road.
Burnley Road, Todmorden - CRN00352
With Whirlaw in the background and the former cinema on the left
Robinwood Viaduct, Todmorden - CRN00311
To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.
Robinwood Mill and Viaduct, Todmorden - CRN00310
To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.
Todmorden Market, from Snack Bar Hut - CRN00307
Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.
Todmorden Market from Brook Street - CRN00306
Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.
Todmorden Market - CRN00304
Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.