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Originally Posted by Gremlin
Todmorden is in Yorkshire and has been since they moved the Yorkshire border to take in all of Todmorden in 1898 or 89.
The Walsden Water runs under the Town hall to join the Calder and they were the original border between the two Counties, the Town hall has statues above which depict the wool and cotton trades of both Counties.
I lived in a house in Walsden which straddled the Walden water but by then it was all Yorkshire.
Daft bit is the Todmorden post code which is OL for Oldham district.
I agree about the Cricket ground and Walsden also has a nice one, Todmorden is in the Lancashire league and Walsden in the Central Lancashire League. i was the scorer (in the box, not on the field) when they won the Wood cup with Everton Weekes as pro, they had him on loan from Bacup.
What all this has to do with Weatherspoons I don't know but I just fancied mentioning my home County after my few pints of Stella, not in the above establishment by the way, that pleasure still awaits, so I am told.
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The link which you may have overlooked, is the fact that the White Hart in Todmorden has just been renovated by JD Wetherspoons.
My auntie lived on Square road in Walsden...I went every Friday after school and stayed until Sunday teatime...not my choice, I went to help her out...do shopping, cleaning etc.......didn't like Tod, and wasn't overfond of Walsden either.