rogerfarnworth Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 In the last two weeks of January 2021 my wife and I followed the length of the Micklehurst Loop from Stalybridge to Diggle. We had been looking for new local walks to undertake in the spirit of lockdown. The route proved to be a gem. Each day that we walked we travelled along part of the Loop line and then crossed to the neighbouring Huddersfield Narrow Canal for the return journey. Everything was enhanced by the presence of a number of cafes providing take-away drinks, cakes and some more substantial food. Each day we walked around 5 miles, there and back. This is the first of a number of posts covering the Loop line. ................ http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/01/31/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2021 Thanks for that. One of our regular bike rides starts from the Huddersfield Road car park and goes up to Diggle and back using the Pennine Bridleway, Huddersfield Canal, Delph Branch and Micklehurst line for most of the journey. Next time out I must go via the goods depot and power station 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 This is a short addendum to my first article about the Micklehurst Loop, promoted by a few emails from an online acquaintance, Tony Jervis. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/05/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1a 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Heres a couple of photos taken on a towpath ride in 1963. First the power station Then a loop line train heading for Diggle in the background. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Two excellent pictures, Grovenor. Thank you! The Staley and Millbrook Goods Shed is just visible in the first photograph at the right hand end of the coal conveyor. Edited February 15, 2021 by rogerfarnworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 A second addendum to my first post about the Micklehurst Loop. Just a few days after I completed addendum 1A about the first length of The Micklehurst Loop and particularly about Staley and Millbrook Station and Goods Yard, I heard from James Ward who recollected some photographs taken by his father of the demolition of the Spring Grove Viaduct. He also pointed out a series of photographs on the 'Timepix' website. These are predominantly photographs of the Greater Manchester Revision Point Collection undertaken by/on-behalf-of the Ordnance Survey in the early 1950s and are held by Manchester Libraries. The introduction to the 'Timepix' website makes it clear that all of their watermarked images are free to download and share. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/15/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1b 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 Another addendum to my post on the first length of the Micklehurst Loop which includes, among other things, the two CEGB locomotives which served the coal facilities at the Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/18/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1c-including-hartshead-power-station 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 This is the second length of the Micklehurst Loop. It covers the length between Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard and Micklehurst Passenger Station building. .... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/21/the-micklehurst-loop-part-2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 The third length of the Micklehurst Loop takes us from Micklehurst Passenger Station House to Chew Valley Road Bridge in Greenfield. ...... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/02/22/the-micklehurst-loop-part-3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Since publishing the first three articles about the Micklehurst Loop. I have had a trickle feed of comments, particularly about the Staley and Millbrook Goods Yard. This short addendum to the first article seeks to bring those items together in one place. It is the fourth addendum to that first post. https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/07/the-micklehurst-loop-part-1d-some-miscellaneous-items-relating-to-the-area-around-the-staley-and-millbrook-goods-yard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 An addendum to the post about the third length of the Micklehurst Loop which covers a 1963 image contributed by Keith Norgrove and some further information about Mossley Gas Works and its sidings. ..... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/03/09/the-micklehurst-loop-part-3a 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 On 07/02/2021 at 22:41, Grovenor said: Heres a couple of photos taken on a towpath ride in 1963. First the power station Then a loop line train heading for Diggle in the background. Hi Keith, Nigel Simon, an online acquaintance saw your picture and spent a bit of time removing the red tinge. The result seems quite good. ...... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Nicely done, certainly an improvement. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billystanier Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Micklehurst station building is up for sale if anyone is interested. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/103324535#/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Looks quite nice, but the plan draughtsperson has made rather a mess, bedroom 2 has no door and the staircases don't match up across the 3 plans. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 This last post on the Micklehurst Loop completes the journey to Diggle and takes us to the mouths of the Standedge tunnels and Diggle Station. We completed our walk in January but returned in April to take a few pictures at the site of what was once Diggle Station. .... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/04/16/the-micklehurst-loop-part-4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 An addendum to earlier posts about this short line. ..... https://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/09/09/the-micklehurst-loop-once-more/ While on holiday in September 2021, I was reading older copies of the magazine BackTrack from the turn of the millennium, from, at that time, Atlantic Publishers. (More recent editions are published by Pendragon Publishing.) Volume 14 No. 3, March 2000 included an article by Jeffrey Wells [1] about the Micklehurst Loop (p142ff). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Since publishing a series of articles about the Micklehurst Loop, I have, over the past couple of years, kept my eye open for interesting shots of the line. This is a selection of these that I have permission to share .... A big thank you to copyright holders/photographers. Their details appear with each image. These photographs can be found on this link:http://rogerfarnworth.com/2023/03/01/the-micklehurst-loop-once-more-2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Went for a walk around the block this evening after tea with the outlaws who are visiting to find the locoshed and fuel stage at millbrook sidings are now both just piles of rubble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerfarnworth Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 Sorry to hear this peanuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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