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Note the left hand bus is being used as an office.

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Outside the Abraham Ormerod Centre, Burnley Road, Todmorden

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.

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To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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This view is remarkably unchanged today apart from the overhead tramlines and the horse-drawn vehicles, although the station has a modern front. The Southowram hillside can be seen behind the station. At one time the Mackintosh's sweet factory was…

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.
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