Modelling Burnley Road Shops, Todmorden

Hall Royd Junction Box nameboard as preserved at the East Lancashire Raiway, Bury

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Burnley Road Shops, Todmorden

The row of shops in Burnley Road, Todmorden is actually the genesis of the layout. My great-grandfather and grandfather ran Holt's The Ironmongers until the shop ceased trading in 1928, and which occupied that premises occupied by The Gas Showroom in 1978. Having followed the development of Geoff Taylor's wonderful buildings from a variety of West Yorkshire locations, notably Dewsbury and Todmorden, this row of shops was intended to be in the 'style of'.

And if you fancy building your own Todmorden building, there's a free downloadable construction kit of 80 Halifax Road which you can make-up.

Burnley Road Shops, Todmordem: 4mm OO scale model and Prototype. Prototype photo Roger Birch

Prototype & model together: the model in front of a photograph taken by Roger Birch from the top floor of the Town Hall looking towards the viaduct on 10 June 1978

Photo of Burnley Road shops and the 'Black Swan' pub taken from the attic of the Town Hall c. 2008 showing railway viaduct.

Prototype scene taken in April 2006, also from the top floor of the Town Hall

Model of Burnley Road shops located on the 'Abbots Vale' layout

I was lucky enough to secure a full-plate print off eBay recently taken from the attic windows of the Town Hall in 1978 by Roger Birch which captures the scene perfectly - including the all important roof detail, and incidentally the relationship between the row of shops and the viaduct. Last time I was in Tod the 'Black Horse' was all boarded-up, but it is now enjoying a new life as 'The Polished Knob'.

The prototype from north to south, starting with the gable wall adjacent to the viaduct.

41 - 43 Burnley Road, Todmorden; end gable and frontage