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Todmorden is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is part of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough. Although now usually considered to be entirely in Yorkshire, the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire runs through the centre of the town, and the area comes under the Rochdale phone prefix of "01706" as well as an Oldham postcode of "OL".
Location and history
The town centre occupies the confluence of three steep sided valleys in the Pennines. The main valley is that of the River Calder; the valleys constrict the shape of the town. Streams from the surrounding hills provided water for corn and fulling mills, and later, power for cotton spinning and weaving. Until 1889, the area used to fall in the ancient parish of Hundersfield. Communications were provided in their turn by the building of roads, the Rochdale Canal, and then the main line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway between Manchester and Leeds; now the Caldervale Railway line. Each occupy the gap through the hills via Hebden Bridge and Halifax. Harold Shipman, the G.P. who is believed to have killed over 200 patients in the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's, claimed some of his victims while working as a doctor in Todmorden.
In December 1984 a freight train carrying petrol derailed in the summit tunnel between Todmorden and Littleborough causing an underground fire on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border. More than 200 firefighters from both West Yorkshire and Manchester were employed to tackle the blaze, which burned for several days. Fortunately, no-one was killed or injured in the incident. TV footage of the fire showing flames shooting out of the ventilation shafts on the hillside was beamed all around the world as the derailment quickly turned into a major transportation disaster. The build up of heat in the surrounding ground led to the phenomenon of a 'false spring'. Many plants were seen to be producing flowers and buds as the warm soil triggered a period of new growth.
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winter wonderland 360°panorama: a snowy hedgerow tunnel in todmorden http://blog.anti-limited.com/?p=1590
antilimited (Joby Catto) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:49:22 -0000
winter wonderland 360°panorama: a snowy hedgerow tunnel in todmorden http://blog.anti-limited.com/?p=1590
"Zachariah Law & Zachariah Clayton | Incredible Edible Todmorden | History" ( http://bit.ly/5cpAmb )
incredibledible (Incredible Edible) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:25:37 -0000
"Zachariah Law & Zachariah Clayton | Incredible Edible Todmorden | History" ( http://bit.ly/5cpAmb )
@jen2636 todmorden cx, there should be quite a few tweeters there
hutty (Paul Hutton) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:22:00 -0000
@jen2636 todmorden cx, there should be quite a few tweeters there
Forum: Todmorden Ward Forum - Town Hall - 21/01/10 http://bit.ly/8xnuGC
Todtalk (Todtalk) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:56:18 -0000
Forum: Todmorden Ward Forum - Town Hall - 21/01/10 http://bit.ly/8xnuGC
@HerbyTod please join the TODMORDEN twibe. Visit or RT to join: http://twibes.com/TODMORDEN #tod #TODMORDEN http://twib.es/t-7VDZL
hisforhome (H is for Home) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:06:13 -0000
@HerbyTod please join the TODMORDEN twibe. Visit or RT to join: http://twibes.com/TODMORDEN #tod #TODMORDEN http://twib.es/t-7VDZL
'Todmorden 513' website is complete and will go online very soon.
markusreuter (Markus Reuter) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:49:46 -0000
'Todmorden 513' website is complete and will go online very soon.
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