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Lobb Mill chimney razing, 29 September 1906 - MOT00507
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government introduced help for authorities to start a housing programme. This…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00474
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00473
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00472
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Moss Bros, Eastwood - MOT00471
The scene on the morning after the 1878 fire which devastated Moss Bros dyeworks at Eastwood.
Cyril Bean, porter at Todmorden Station - MOT00410
Cyril Bean, a well-known personality, worked as a railway porter. He is pictured in the porter's room at Todmorden Station, 1970.
Stationary Fire Engine - MOT00228
Wilson Bros' Fire Engine 1905-10 - Wilson's Mill had a stationary fire engine, or pump was strategically placed for immediate use within this woodworking factory. The fire crew would operate a mobile engine for use in the Cornholme district.
Bobbin Mill Close, 1986. - MOT00225
Following the partial demolition of the mill in the late 1950s the site lay derelict for many years and now forms a local authority housing area.
Wilson's Bobbin Mill, Cornholme - MOT00224
The bobbin works at the height of its power in the early 1900s.
Lobb Mill, Todmorden around 1902-6. - MOT00431
The five arch viaduct on the Manchester & Leeds Railway is right of centre and the Rochdale Canal to the left.
Castle Street area of Todmorden, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel - MOT00428
The Castle Street area, Halifax Road, viewed from above Castle Hill tunnel. The scene is dominated by Cinderhill Mills. The Rose and Crown Inn can be seen in the lower centre.
Lydgate in the late 19th Century - MOT00427
Canteen Mill can be seen in the foreground. Nott Wood Viaduct on the 'Copy Pit Line' between Todmorden and Burnley is across the top.
Gauxholme, todmorden - MOT00426
View over Gauxholme industrial area, 1960.
Sunnyside, Todmorden - MOT00423
Todmorden's earliest industrial 'estate', viewed from Sunnyside about 1905.
View overlooking Springside, about 1900. - MOT00420
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…
Springside, Todmorden, c1910 - MOT00419
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…
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…
Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00183
Built in 1860, the mill was enlarged and developed under the ownership of Joshua Smith Ltd who ran it from 1882 until well into the 1950s. At one time they employed over 700 people in Cornholme, primarily in the weaving industry.
After Joshua…
After Joshua…
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…
View over Walsden - MOT00160
Walsden, viewed from Gauxholme Stones, in the 1950s. the station just visible on the right. Clough Mill, in the foreground, is thought to be the first cotton mill in the Todmorden area. Through the years it has been occupied by a variety of trades…
Todmorden Triangle - MOT00150
View of the central railway triangle in the late 1920s viewed from Hallroyd Bridge, with the triangle filled in and used as a marshalling area. The tracks to the right the 1862 fork to Stansfield Hall Junction and to Burnley whilst those on the left…
Todmorden - MOT00149
View of the central railway triangle, taken from Ridgefoot in the late 19th Century showing the coal chutes on Stansfield Road, and beyond, the triangle with a void at its centre. Immediately beyond the coal chutes on the left is the Stansfield, or…
Todmorden station in the early 1900s. - MOT00148
Todmorden station in the early 1900s.
View over Salford area of Todmorden - MOT00147
A view of the station goods yard overlooking the Salford area. Caleb Hoyle's private coal wagons can be seen in the siding. On the hillside can be seen the Unitarian Church built by the Fieldens.
View over Todmorden - MOT00146
General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away to the left. The triangle not yet developed here.