I made it! There was just enough time to get from Elland to Sands Lane at Mirfield and get the camera out before 'Scots Guardsman' came purposefully striding around the curve at Hopton. The train ... (more)
Another of the haunts of my youth was Hopton, just east of Mirfield in the Calder Valley. A lovely reminder of those days was to see a 'Black 5' crossing the River Calder this morning, albeit in l... (more)
Such glorious hues. It was minus 8 degrees this evening and even my dog 'Jess' wanted to pack up and go home. Light and conditions like this are rare in West Yorkshire, so Jess just had to shiver ... (more)
The few remaining textile mills in the Calder valley have now been converted into smart apartments. By the last rays of a dying sun, Mirfield's Ledgard Bridge Mill stands sentinel over the cheerle... (more)
Filthy '9F' No.92001 lays down a smokescreen as the wan early morning sun rises to catch another weary westbound freight heading through Mirfield. The textile town of Mirfield was located in what ... (more)
Mirfield was a textiles town in an area of the West Riding of Yorkshire known locally as the 'Heavy Woollen' district. The huge size of these mills can be judged by the fine example that forms the... (more)
Another train of empty coal trucks are being transported along the Calder valley through Mirfield for refilling from any one of hundreds of West or South Yorkshire collieries. The typically unkemp... (more)
The former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway bridge spans the River Calder at Mirfield. The 'boom' across the river prevents canal barges (that also use the river here) inadvertently going over the w... (more)
This is the Calder Valley scene of my youth. Another westbound train of coal plods wearily past Mirfield on a bright March day. In the left distance is the long demolished Ravensthorpe power stati... (more)
The location is Heaton Lodge Junction just west of Mirfield Motive Power Depot which was on the left just beyond the distant bridge. Yet another filthy '8F' hauls one of the seemingly endless proc... (more)
