10.19 – Mark Brennan

Information taken from the “Annals of Todmorden”, an impressive and invaluable book put together by Dorothy Dugdale which is a compilation of all the local trivia included over the entire course of the publication of the Todmorden and Hebden Bridge Historical Almanack. “On this day [1st October] 1901. About 6pm, a shocking accident occurred at …

38.25 – James and Nelly Weatherill

Todmorden and/or true crime and/or folk music enthusiasts will recognise the surname, so before you ask, this is Miles’s grandparents. But enough people have talked about him, so let’s briefly talk about his grandparents. In Memory of James and Nelly Weatherill, Who after living together in each others affections for 54 years, departed this life …