The buildings on the right were demolished in 2017/8 as part of the Flood Prevention Scheme in Mytholmroyd, following the floods of Boxing Day 2015. The tram service along the Calder Valley was ended in 1936 so this picture pre-dates that.
The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…
This building, believed to have come from Dawson City, was situated at the end of Valley Road, opposite the market. At one time it housed the office of a coal merchants. It was destroyed by fire in 1996. Above right Stubbing School and left St.…
Burnley Road at the top of Brearley Lane was the site of the Evercreme Toffee Works. On every 'Toyplane' toffee was printed a letter from the word 'Toyplane'. When you had collected all the letters you could send in the wrappers in exchange for a…
The tram tracks can be clearly seen in the photograph of Fallingroyd Bridge which takes the road over the Rochdale Canal. This bridge was an accident blackspot and was demolished to be replaced by a culverted section of the canal, which allowed some…
Situated between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. Demolished around due to dry rot.
In 1873 Daniel Jones Crossley moved into his newly built Falling Royd House along with his wife and 2 sons. The wages book for the servants lists a cook, and three…
Circa 1900. Foster Mill, owned by Redman Bros, was part of the Hebden Estate Company. William Henry Cockroft designed the Methodist Chapel. Moss Lane on the hillside leads to Heptonstall Road. Top left is Cross Lanes Chapel with the Manse on the…