View over Todmorden
General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away...
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The Making of Todmorden Exhibition
Todmorden Station
Viewed from Dobroyd Road in 1866, a year after the station was enlarged. The warehouses in the foreground are served...
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The Canal and Railway at Walsden.
When the railway was constructed in the late 1830s the canal had to be diverted to make way for the...
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A Local Carter and his Team
A local carter and his team hauling a load towards the upland; this often required the assistance of one or...
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A Pack-horse Train
In early days people travelled on foot or on horseback. People using the roads (which were pack-horse tracks laid with...
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A view of Naze Road from Watty Lane, off Bacup Road
This is a good example of an upland route taken by packhorses in the years prior to the construction of...
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A Canal Boat at Waterside, 1904
A canal boat off-loading stone at the corporation yard at Waterside, 1904. With the use of water power, the output...
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A view of Ratcher and Haugh Stones, above Hallbottom
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf",...
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