Burnt Cotton

This image is taken from a 1903 picture postcard of the River Calder in Brighouse. The card, which is from my collection, was sent in October 1903, and the message on the reverse states, “We have just been witnessing an enormous fire, a cotton mill burnt to the ground.” The mill in question was Ormerod’s Alexandra Mill, the chimney of which can just be seen behind Sugden’s Mill on the left of this photo.