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Tag: Todmorden

East Lancashire, Todmorden

Todmorden: Hi Ho Trigger

In Glen Hughes’ ‘Yorkshire Millstone Grit’ there is a photograph of Billy Holt steering Trigger down a beck over broken millstone as the Lone Ranger steered Silver down a gulley between boulders in dusty Nevada. The Lone Ranger, the TV vigilante from the 1950’s, had a different adventure every week, but in damp Todmorden… Continue reading Todmorden: Hi Ho Trigger

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Newcastle Metroland

https://youtu.be/sFsss7qgdCQ

Bradford City Centre

https://youtu.be/My0bivM_AWY

Scunthorpe: Get Carter, Manuscript on a Red Box

https://youtu.be/yTnDUdbHZWw

Get Carter and Ordinary Places

https://placesandculturaltraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/get-carter-copy-2.mp3

Get Carter and Ordinary Places

https://placesandculturaltraces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/get-carter-copy-2.mp3

Bradford City Centre

https://youtu.be/My0bivM_AWY

Newcastle Metroland

https://youtu.be/sFsss7qgdCQ

Scunthorpe: Get Carter, Manuscript in a Red Box

https://youtu.be/yTnDUdbHZWw
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