When the line was increased from two to four tracks in the late 1880s there wasn’t room to expand alongside the existing double track west of Standedge Tunnels and instead a loop line was constructed between Diggle and Stalybridge stations.…
Slaithwaite Station like other stations on the LNWR’s Huddersfield Manchester line along the Colne Valley opened with the line in 1849; it was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here with well…
PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…
PNH00818. Village scene with Murgatroyd's Oats Royd Mill on the skyline. The Mill was severely damaged by fire in February 1989 and the six storey mill building seen here was totally destroyed.
Seen here about 1990 it was built by the Hebden Bridge Co-Operative Society in 1876, the date visible to the right of the inscription, and was extended round the corner a few years later. The Co-op closed in the late 1960s and the ground floor sold…
Seen here about 1990 it was built by the Hebden Bridge Co-Operative Society in 1876 and was extended round the corner a few years later. The Co-op closed in the late 1960s and the ground floor sold off as shops and the upper floors became the Carlton…
Seen here about 1990 it was built by the Hebden Bridge Co-Operative Society in 1876 and was extended round the corner a few years later. The Co-op closed in the late 1960s and the ground floor sold off as shops and the upper floors became the Carlton…