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The Riffle - Diggle - Saddleworth History Saddleworth has lots of culverts, usually relatively short and can be quite stoopy, there are exceptions alas this was not one . Most date back to the start of the Industrial Revolution when the area was ideal for textile mills, both water and sheep...

Warth Mill Culvert - Saddleworth The Explore Warth Mill is the last standing mill in Diggle, Saddleworth and with any luck it will be around for many years to come as many small businesses are based there. Diggle is home to many a culvert, a small village nestled on the West side of the...

The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden in West Yorkshire and Diggle in Greater Manchester in northern England. Three are railway tunnels and the other is a canal tunnel I mainly walked the two abandoned train tunnels...

Late to the party again here but when @HughieD suggested popping in here it was a no brainer. combined with the fact that there was a possibility to meet the Godfather of Shaw's @The Lone Ranger I was super excited. I wont go into the history as its been covered so many times, but if you...

Standedge tunnels. The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels through the Pennine Hills at the Standedge crossing between Marsden and Diggle. 3 are Railway Tunnels the other is a Canal Tunnel. The Double Line North Tunnel is still live, as is the Canal Tunnel, The Central (Nicholson) and...

W H Shaw's / Diggle Pallet Works / Dobcross Loom Works - A Final Stroll History By far the most impressive building in Diggle is the admin block at what was the Dobcross Loom Works; built in 1860. When the loom works closed down the site then became the home of W H Shaw's Pallet works for 37...

HISTORY History borrowed from the Lone rangers report as it was top notch The Lone Rangers report/ By far the most impressive building in Diggle is the Dobcross Loom Works; built in 1860 and located on the Canal side of Huddersfield Road about 300 yards from the junction with Standedge Road...

1. The History W.H.Shaw Ltd is located at Dobcross Works. The centrepiece is the Grade II-listed Office Building of the former Dobcross loom works, known locally as “The Cathedral”. Built in1890 for Hutchinson and Hollingworth in a Gothic style, it is revered for its 4-stage clock tower. The...

1. The History W.H.Shaw Ltd is located at Dobcross Works. The centrepiece is the Grade II-listed Office Building of the former Dobcross loom works, known locally as “The Cathedral”. Built in1890 for Hutchinson and Hollingworth in a Gothic style, it is revered for its 4-stage clock tower. The...

History (Stolen from a previous report by @The Lone Ranger. Sorry not sorry ) 'By far the most impressive building in Diggle is the Dobcross Loom Works; built in 1860 and located on the Canal side of Huddersfield Road about 300 yards from the junction with Standedge Road. For 37 years until...

1. The History W.H.Shaw Ltd is located at Dobcross Works. The centrepiece is the Grade II-listed Office Building of the former Dobcross loom works, known locally as “The Cathedral”. Built in 1890 for Huchinson and Hollingworth in a Gothic style, it is revered for its 4-stage clock tower. The...

Déjà Vu (Standedge Railway Culvert) - Diggle I called this Déjà Vu for a couple of reasons; the first being I've seen photos of it before many years ago just tagged onto the end of a Standedge Railway Tunnel report. On exiting the railway tunnel the explorers were seen by a local gent, who...

I visited the rest of this site a while back and reported here: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/wh-shaw-and-co-dobcross-works-diggle-december-2017.111633/ However, having not been able to access the Grade Two Listed Admin block at the time a return visit had been on the cards for a while...

History (pinched from a previous report by @The Lone Ranger because I'm lazy and can't do any better than this anyway) 'By far the most impressive building in Diggle is the Dobcross Loom Works; built in 1860 and located on the Canal side of Huddersfield Road about 300 yards from the junction...

Hi All. Been meaning to revisit this one after the local school is trying to move onto the site, along with Oldham Council trying to push the move throu :wanker As most of us from the Oldham area, Oldham council are notorious at leaving good buildings to fall down, or just shut them because...