Contributions of the group Lancashire

Tobacco warehouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:57:05 +0000

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The Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse is a grade II listed building and is the world's largest brick warehouse, with a net floor area of 1.6 million square feet. It stands 125 feet high, and at the time of its construction in 1900-01, claimed to be the world's largest building in terms of area. The 14 storey building spans across 36 acres and its construction used 27 million bricks, 30,000 panes of glass and 8,000 tons of steel. The overall design was by A. G. Lyster, the Dock Engineer, but Arthur Berrington almost certainly played a part. The warehouse was a late addition to the Stanley Dock complex and was built on land reclaimed from the dock. It has now been converted to apartments with retail and commercial uses on the ground floor.

Langley Buildings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:22:33 +0000

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This was built as a home trade and mail-order warehouse and newspaper printing office, 1908, for J.D.Williams & Co. Occupied in 1913 by J.D.Williams & Co and by Daily News Printing Office.

There is so much detail to see in this view of the lower rear facade. The brown faience around the paired doors and the Diocletian window above The keystones of the elliptical headed windows forming brackets to the three-light oriels. Then there is the stained glass, including Welsh dragons in the stairwindows.

The face on the other end at Dale Street features reddish brown and brown faience throughout.

It is listed Grade II.

Super Cinema

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:54:04 +0000

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The Longford Super Cinema at Stretford opened on 12th October 1936. The art deco design was by architect Harry Elder. The 2,000 seat cinema closed in 1965 and was subsequently used as a bingo hall and club.It has been disused since 1995 and awaits a new use. It is listed Grade II.

Church House

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:29:23 +0000

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Church House is a Grade II listed office building built c1870, which is prominently positioned on the corner of Hanover Street and Paradise Street in Liverpool.

Half a mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:56:07 +0000

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Built in 1903-7 by the Broadstone Spinning Co Ltd for 260,000 mule spindles. The use of glazed brick ornamentation is typical of the period. When completed the double Broadstone Mill was the largest cotton spinning mill in the world. Half of the mill has been demolished since spinning ended in 1959 and the remaining section is listed Grade II and in multiple industrial and commercial occupation. Reddish, Stockport.

Depot

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:36:04 +0000

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The first electric tramway route by the Ashton-Under-Lyne Corporation began in 1902 between Ashton-under-Lyne and Hurst. A maintenance depot for the electric trams was created in 1902, on Mossley Road in Ashton-Under-Lyne for the repair and maintenance on the electric trams. This building was later repurposed for electric trolleybuses and then repurposed into business offices for present day use. The Corporation coat of arms is incorporated in a panel over the original office section of the depot.

Piccadilly

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:12:43 +0000

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Northern and TransPennine Express services awaiting departure at Manchester Piccadilly.

A card for winter

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:19:58 +0000

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So far this winter, our weather has been almost totally grey with constant rain and mizzle. This taken a few weeks ago now has been the only real sign of winters of how I like them. Taken on my local walk in a nearby valley I had walked over the bridge and turned around to see this golden light through the trees as the sun at last came over the edge of the valley

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Enjoy the weekend.

Ackers, Whitley

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:34:36 +0000

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Letterhead for Ackers, Whitley and Company Limited, Bickershaw Collieries, Leigh, Lancashire. The signature is that of the manager F H Wilson. In 1931 the colliery employed 1,549 underground and 338 on the surface.

Sutton Manor Collieries Limited

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:37:24 +0000

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Sutton Manor Collieries Limited was floated in 1904 to bore for and work coal on the Sutton Manor Estate. Shaft sinking commenced in 1906 with No.1 shaft initially reaching 1824 feet and the No.2 shaft completed to 2342 feet. At the time of this lettter the colliery was working eight different seams. The shafts were later deepened and a further eight seams worked before closure in 1991.

The first snows of 26

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:23:09 +0000

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Come along with me on one of my local walks only 15 minutes waking from my house and enjoy the best of our winters. In fact the first real downfall of snow we have had this winter. Not very much but in this -6C temperature and sun it looked quite wonderful.
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Enjoy the day

Richard White & Sons

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:38:18 +0000

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The Widnes based firm of Richard White and Sons was well known for its railway and materials handling equipment. A particular speciality was aerial wire ropeways which found a ready market in mines and quarries across Britain.

Industry

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:32:54 +0000

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Droylsden formed its own industrial Co-operative Society in December 1861, with 71 members and £104 4s 1d. The Society thrived and in 1876 it opened a large meeting hall above its shop facilities. Subsequent extensions included this 1911 building embellished in stone and terracotta. It's good to see the industrious bees at work. The building is no longer in Co-op use.

Seeing the Light

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:26:49 +0000

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As we approach this part of our Mossley canal (really called the Huddersfield Narrow) we encounter a fallen tree bridging the canal, brought down by the recent storm Claudia. A tree surgeon looks on as his colleague cuts pieces from the right hand side. A canal barge lies just beyond the tree presumably enabling the felling work.

To me though, this was not about a fallen tree but the magnificent lighting.

See next photo for more distant view and slightly different lighting. You choose your favourite!

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Victoria Square

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:51:04 +0000

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Victoria Square is the first municipal housing built in Manchester. This tenement block was built in 1889 by Henry Spalding and A.W.Cross, for Manchester Corporation, comprising of 522 rooms, to accommodate 825 people. It is listed Grade II.

Fred

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:40:42 +0000

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A well known steeplejack appears on this layout built by Bolton Model Railway Society. It can be seen the their unit at Bolton Market Place.

Swan Lane Collieries Limited

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:12:47 +0000

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The pits at Swan Lane and Long Lane, Hindley Green, were sunk c1864.They were purchased by the Swan Lane Brick & Coal Co.c1886 and then Swan Lane Collieries Ltd from 1910. This latter company reopened the Swan Lane colliery after it had closed in 1893. Final closure came in November 1927, a few months after this bill was paid. At the end there were 384 men underground and 107 surface workers.

Another Autumn walk

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:23:26 +0000

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Back on my local old railway walk and what a pleasure it always is when the trees and leaves are like this. This spot is only about 400m from my home.

I have many photos on Ipernity of this linear walk but I don’t think I have ever attempted to describe its origins: This used to be called the ‘Delph Donkey line’ and it served several small communities between Oldham and the village of Delph in Saddleworth. It was only 4.5 miles (7.2km) long and opened in 1851 to passengers but closed to them in 1955 whilst freight continued till 1963.
Why “Delph Donkey”? The line earned the nickname because:
The train was slow, reminiscent of a donkey’s pace. It served rural communities, where donkeys were once a common mode of transport. Some say the nickname came from locals who used the train to market days in Oldham or Delph

Enjoy the weekend.

Wigan Coal and Iron

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:29:49 +0000

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The Wigan Coal and Iron Company was formed when collieries on the Lancashire Coalfield owned by John Lancaster were acquired by Lord Lindsay, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, owner of the Haigh Colliery in 1865. The company owned collieries in Haigh, Aspull, Standish, Westhoughton, Blackrod, Westleigh and St Helens and large furnaces and iron-works near Wigan and the Manton Colliery in Nottinghamshire.

Collieries belonging to the Wigan Coal and Iron Company in 1896 were the Alexandra, Bawkhouse, Bridge, Lindsay and Meadow Pits in Haigh. The largest, the Alexandra Pit employed more than 650 workers and the Lindsay Pits more than 350. The Crawford, Kirkless, Moor and Woodshaw Pits in Aspull employed over 1,000 workers. Eatock Pits in Westhoughton employed 484 underground and 89 surface workers whilst the Hewlett Pits in Hart Common employed 981 underground and 182 on the surface. Ladies Lane Colliery in Hindley employed 282 underground and 40 surface workers. The Westleigh Pits were Priestners which employed 387 underground and 70 on the surface, Snapes, and Sovereign which had 180 underground workers and 68 on the surface. The King Coal Pit at Blackrod was a pumping pit, retained to drain the colliery workings. In Standish the company owned the Broomfield, Giants Hall, Gidlow, John, Langtree, Robin Hill, Swire and Taylor Pits. The largest of these was the Langtree Pit with more than 540 employees.

Wigan Coal and Iron Company was the biggest colliery owner on the Lancashire Coalfield and in the 1920s employed 9,000 workers. The shafts of Parsonage Colliery in Leigh, sunk by the company between 1913 and 1920, were at the time the deepest in Britain.

In 1930, the Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd and the Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co. Ltd combined their coal mining operations to establish the Wigan Coal Corporation.

Crompton waterfall

nobody@ipernity.com (Herb Riddle) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:06:47 +0000

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As the sky turns blue and the rains abate we re-visit this spectacular waterfall. I am fairly close to the base and so an ultra wide angle lens is required with the resulting distortion to the top of the hill. The trees growing at a strange slant is also a result of all that but nevertheless this shot captures the essence of the falls with their accompanying golden trees at this time of year.
See PiP for a frozen view taken in January with ice.

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Enjoy the day,