Copley Railway Viaduct (The Lesser Known One)

Copley Railway Viaduct, its official title being MVN2/160 or Copley Bottom Bridge is a railway crossing over the River Calder. The bridge is hidden away at the bottom end of Old Rishworthians Sports Ground and North Dean Woods to the east side of the village of Copley, West Yorkshire.

Opened in August 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway the bridge once carried the main railway traffic through the Calder Valley until the nearby lines at Milner Royd and Greetland Junctions were built to carry rail traffic in the direction of Halifax. The line over the bridge was subject to closure plans during the late 1970's after the removal of Brighouse (Closed 1970) and Elland (closed 1962) Stations, but continued as a diversionary route for passenger trains and carried freight only traffic during this period. until the reopening of Brighouse Station in 2000 saw passenger traffic crossing the bridge regularly again. The open nature of the North Dean Side of the viaduct allows great opportunities to photograph the steam trains that pass over the bridge quite often, but if seeking out this chance please remember to always keep a safe distance away from the tracks, I normally stay well within the tree line.

These pictures were taken using a Nikon d3300 SLR on the 25 February 2019. They can also be seen full size, resolution and un-watermarked on Clickasnap.

The Copley side of the viaduct

Taken on the North Dean side of the bridge, looking in the
direction of Copley.

The bridge again taken from the North Dean side.

Taken from the far end of Old Rishworthians sports ground.

The top of the bridge, the open nature of the track at the bottom of North
Dean Woods allows great access for taking pictures of trains passing.
Please be aware of a safety when near the lines, this is level with the tree
line which i consider a safe distance from the track. although when
trains are approaching I stand much further back than this.

The River Calder flows underneath the bridge,

The River Calder, taken looking towards Copley from underneath
the viaduct.

Again in the direction of Copley but from the other side of the bridge.

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Hollywood Male Glamour Style Art

 Hollywood Male Glamour Style art is my latest upload to YouTube featuring 20 original artworks by me, based on previously released photographs of male movie stars.

The artworks featured can also be seen below,

Basil Rathbone
13 June 1892 - 21 July 1967

Carl Weathers
14 January 1948

Cary Grant
18 January 1904 - 29 November 1986

Clark Gable
1 February 1901 - 16 November 1960

Dean Martin
7 June 1917 - 25 December 1995

Denzel Washington
28 December 1954

Errol Flynn
20 June 1909 - 14 October 1959

Fred Astaire
10 May 1899 - 22 June 1987

Gregory Peck
5 April 1916 - 12 June 2003

Humphrey Bogart
25 December 1899 - 14 January 1957

James Dean
8 February 1931 - 30 September 1955

Kirk Douglas
9 December 1916 - 5 February 2020

Marlon Brando
3 April 1924 - 1 July 2004

Morgan Freeman
1 June 1937

Paul Newman
26 January 1925 - 26 September 2008

Robert Redford
18 August 1936

Rock Hudson
17 November 1925 - 2 October 1985

Sean Connery
25 August 1930 - 31 October 2020

Sidney Poitier
20 February 1927 - 6 January 2022

Warren Beatty
30 March 1937

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Hollywood Glamour Girls

Hollywood Glamour is a recent upload of mine to YouTube featuring 21 Glamour Pin Up style images that I created. They are all based on public domain black and white images that I coloured and then turned in to a vintage style pin up artwork, none of the images feature any nudity.

All the images featured can also be seen below, the copyright of the image below shall remain mine, with the original image still the copyright of the owner.

Audrey Hepburn
4 May 1929 - 20 January 1993

Barbara Eden
23 August 1931

Betty Brosmer
2 August 1935

Betty Grable
18 December 1916 - 2 July 1973

Brigitte Bardot
28 September 1934

Carroll Baker
28 May 1931

Dorothy Burgess
4 March 1905 - 20 August 1961

Esther Williams
8 August 1921 - 6 June 2013

Gene Tierney
19 November 1920 - 6 November 1991

Jane Seymour
15 February 1951

Jayne Mansfield
19 April 1933 - 29 June 1967

Jean Harlow
3 March 1911 - 7 June 1937

Jill St John
19 August 1940

Joan Collins
23 May 1933

Joan Fulton (Shawlee)
5 March 1926 - 22 March 1987

Lillian Bond
18 January 1908 - 25 January 1991

Marilyn Maxwell
3 August 1921 - 20 March 1972

Marilyn Monroe
1 June 1926 - 5 August 1962

Mary Carlisle
3 February 1914 - 1 August 2018

Natalie Wood
20 July 1938 - 29 November 1981

Yvonne de Carlo
1 September 1922 - 8 January 2007

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All the artworks featured here are the creation of Colin Green, they were created from public domain copyright free black and white photos.

Comic Book Style Artworks of Sowerby Bridge

         

My Sowerby Bridge in comic book style images was a set of pictures created by me, that are based on photographs I had taken earlier. I created the artworks as part of a YouTube video slideshow, mainly to try and show something different to my usual. All the images can be seen below the YouTube Video and each place is named although i'm sure if you are local to Sowerby Bridge you will know where they are.

The following images are all featured in the slideshow, you can also see them on Clickasnap where they are full size, resolution and un-watermarked.

The Canal Basin, the picture shows the Calder & Hebble side with the Moorings
bar visible. The boats moored are those of Shire Cruises.

Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel, the building is now apartments.

The canal basin, the Calder & Hebble side featured again.

Church Bank from Sunnybank Street, Christ Church Clock Tower is visible.

Church Bank, Orrell House to the left

Hollins Mill Tunnel, The Rochdale Canal passing through it's arch.

The Jubilee Refreshment Rooms, formerly Sowerby Bridge Railway Station
ticket office.

Lock Number 2 on the Rochdale Canal, Christ Church Clock Tower, Ladstone
and Houghton Towers can be seen on the skyline.

This mileage sign can be found on the Rochdale Canal to the west
of Hollins Mill Tunnel.

The mainline railway viaduct crossers over the River Ryburn, just
before the Ryburn joins with the River Calder.

The River Calder at Mearclough Bridge, (Milner Royd).

The River Ryburn near the Swimming Baths towards Station Road.

Lock 2 on the Rochdale Canal, the Roxy is the building on the left.

Looking over the town from Beech Road.

Sowerby Bridge Railway Station.

The River Calder Canoe Slalom from County Bridge.

The Town Hall Clock Tower, formerly Lloyds Bank, soon to be a restaurant,
never been a town hall from County Bridge.

The Rochdale Canal in to Tuel Lane Tunnel, this section was reopened
in the late 1990's, Christ Church is in the centre and the Roxy to the right.

Victoria Bridge over the River Ryburn.

Village Indian Restaurant, formerly the Wharf and Ash Tree pubs.

Willow Hall Dam, the waterfall is the overflow from the upper dam
in to the lower dam featured.

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