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47486 passes Sowerby Bridge with the diverted 1S41 09:35 Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow. 24/11/85. I didn't know any better than to shoot from the "wrong side" in those days. Still, the shot might be of interest as the train depicted seems like a most unusual diversion via the Calder Valley.
150210 pulls away from the Sowerby Bridge stop while working the 15:51 Leeds to Manchester Victoria service. 14/9/88.
A Cravens Class 105 DMU brings up the rear of 2M18 12:26 York to Manchester Victoria at Sowerby Bridge. 8/10/86. The lead unit was a Class 104.
The Chinese takeaway that Tommy Lee Royce ordered from in Series 1 of the BBC TV drama Happy Valley.
Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire.
Part of my Flickr "filming locations" album.
Tuel Lane Lock, Sowerby Bridge is the deepest lock on the UK canal system at 19ft, 8 inches. It was built in 1996, when the Rochdale Canal was being restored and replaced two locks on the old system, which couldn't be re-used due to a road having been built over them. Immediately behind me is a hundred yard long tunnel under the said road, which boats have to pass through to access the lock or to travel further east on the canal.
Four Shire Cruisers boats await passage through the deep lock at Sowerby Bridge first thing on Friday morning. I took a quick snap with my iPhone showing 'Oxford' and 'York' as I left the pub at 10.30 p.m Thursday night in the rain!
Sowerby Bridge
Well we checked everywhere and we couldn’t see a beak, any feathers or a pair of long legs in sight.
After we’d stopped laughing my husband took a quick snap of this sign on his phone. So if any staff from Lidl Supermarket (this sign is in Sowerby Bridge but we suspect there will be more) are looking in, maybe it would be a good time to have a word with whoever is responsible for making the signs, and point out that on display beneath it were celery ‘stalks’ :)
The alarming thing was, no one else in the shop, and it was quite, busy seemed to notice the error.
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A quirky little well by the boundary wall wasn't what I expected at Sowerby Bridge CC's fine ground in the Calderdale town.
Corliss Mill engine a horizontal tandem compound steam, with Corliss valve gear. Made by Pollitt & Wigzell of Sowerby Bridge in 1909. This small version of a typical mill engine was built to train mill engineers. Used by the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Victoria University Manchester from 1909 until the mid 1950s. Now located at the Thinktank Science Museum at Millennium Point, a multi-use meeting complex on Curzon Street in the Eastside, Birmingham, West Midlands.
The Birmingham Collection of Science & Industry was started in the mid-19th century, initially consisting of collections of weapons from the gun trade and the Birmingham Proof House. The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery opened in 1885, including science collections. In 1951 the Museum of Science and Industry opened at Elkington Silver Electroplating Works, Newhall Street. Over the following years, the museum acquired individual artefacts, as well as entire collections, that were related to local industry and the history of science and technology.
Birmingham City Council decided in 1995 to relocate the museum when it was given an opportunity by the Millennium Commission to construct a new building. At the time, the old building was falling into a state of disrepair, and many of the artefacts were no longer in working order. The former museum closed in 1997, and Thinktank opened on 29 September 2001 as part of the £114-million Millennium Point complex. It was funded by Birmingham City Council, supported by the Millennium Commission. The area adjacent to the building is designated Eastside City Park. While many objects were put on display at Thinktank, others were stored at the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre, and some were brought out of storage.
Although the previous science museum was free to enter, Thinktank charges an entrance fee. In 2005 the museum underwent a £2 million upgrade, including the installation of a planetarium. By 2007 it had received over 1 million visitors. In April 2012, Birmingham Museums Trust took over governance and management responsibility for Thinktank, along with eight other sites.
In March 2015, a new "Spitfire gallery" opened, relating the displayed aircraft to their production, locally. Among the new exhibits are a leather flying helmet previously belonging to Helen Kerly, one of only two British civilian women commended for flying during the Second World War.
The museum shares the Millennium Point building with Birmingham City University, and is situated in the Eastside district. It lies near Aston University and the Gun Quarter – which was for many years the centre of world's gun-manufacturing industry. Immediately opposite are The Woodman, a public house, and Curzon Street railway station - both listed buildings.
A Class 105 Parcels DMU approaches Sowerby Bridge Tunnel with 4M27 15:01 Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street. 18/9/87.
The Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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Trouble's afoot at Sowerby Bridge on 16 March 1985 as a 111 has failed on the 1854 York - Todmorden. At this time, owing to the Summit Tunnel fire, trains terminated there for an onward bus connection.
My little Sony camera did a good job with no need for 'sunset' settings or computer retouching. One of the few times in dodgy light when my camera can beat my wife's iPhone! This is the east end of the Rochdale Canal and is the start of a project to photograph every lock, bridge and major canal-side feature on this waterway. All the photos have now been uploaded.
The Rochdale Canal in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
It is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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"The Upper Calder Valley lies in West Yorkshire, in northern England, and covers the towns of Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, and Sowerby Bridge, as well as a number of smaller settlements such as Portsmouth, Cornholme, Walsden, and Eastwood. The valley is the upper valley of the River Calder. Major tributaries of the Upper Calder include the Walsden Water, which flows through the large village of Walsden to join the Calder at Todmorden; the Hebden Water, which flows through Hebden Dale to join the Calder at Hebden Bridge; Cragg Brook, which flows through Cragg Vale to join the Calder at Mytholmroyd, and the largest, the River Ryburn, which joins the Calder at Sowerby Bridge.
The Upper Calder Valley falls entirely within the much larger metropolitan district of Calderdale. The towns of the Upper Calder are situated linearly along the valley, which cuts through the eastern slopes of the Pennines from Portsmouth in the west to Sowerby Bridge, a market town on the outskirts of Halifax, in the east." - info from Wikipedia.
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56016 leaves Sowerby Bridge Tunnel with 6E56 Fiddlers Ferry to Healey Mills MGR empties. 8th May 1987. I was standing in the fomer Sowerby Bridge goods yard to take this. It's now the site of a large Tesco car park! There's now a housing estate above the tunnel. I wonder what they did with that ventilation shaft!
A three car Class 110 with car no. E52078 leading, leaves Sowerby Bridge with 2E11 10:55 Manchester Victoria to York. 11/9/86.