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Fountain at Castle Carr - ALC04791
The Talbot dog supported fountain can still be seen in Treveleyan Square in Leeds city centre. The Talbot was a type of hunting hound common in England during the Middle Ages.
Gala Queen and retinue - ALC00193
1937, Colden gala: From left to right
Ethel Smith(nee Platt) Molly Baskerville, Douglas Crabtree, Shirley Burton, Gala Queen Joyce Greenwood, Joyce Sutcliffe, Dennis Burton, Unknown, Greta Sutcliffe, Joyce Sunderland.
Ethel Smith(nee Platt) Molly Baskerville, Douglas Crabtree, Shirley Burton, Gala Queen Joyce Greenwood, Joyce Sutcliffe, Dennis Burton, Unknown, Greta Sutcliffe, Joyce Sunderland.
Gala Queen Nellie Speak - ALC00169
Gala Queen - Nellie Speak, later Mrs Dawson. Attendants from left to right - Ida Burton, Clara Sutcliffe, Nellie Sutcliffe, Margaret Shaw, Alma Riley, Alice Greenwood, Norman Parker and Jonathan Forest. They had just got down from the float.
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00601
A horse drawn barge passing under the cast iron bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme near Todmorden with castellated twin Gothic tower abutments. The reinforcement beneath the deck was added in about 1905 to strengthen it.
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00602
Postcard. The cast iron Gauxholme Bridge over the Rochdale Canal was built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and was described at the time as "a costly and beautiful structure possessing a most graceful appearance". Postcard.
General view of Mytholmroyd - ALC05125
In the foreground is the Moderna factory and above on the right Calder High School which had opened in 1950. The new housing estate of pre-fabricated Airey houses to the left of centre in the photo is the extension to the area known as Banksfields…
General view of Mytholmroyd - ALC05126
Looking down the valley towards Luddenden Foot. Scarbottom Mill with its dam is in the centre of the picture, with the Thornber poultry houses at Elphaborough to the left of centre. Postcard
Gibson Mill - ALC09029
Gibson Mill, built in around 1800, is situated within Hardcastle Crags woodland beside Hebden Water. It was one of the first mills of the Industrial Revolution. The mill was driven by a water wheel and produced cotton cloth up until 1890. In 1833,…
Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - ALC01494
Postcard. Postmark 3 September 1914.
Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags - ALC06323
Gibson Mill began its life around 1803 as a water-powered spinning mill. Less than a hundred years later, it was called Lord Holme Mill, and part of a major tourist attraction. It was eventually left to and restored by the National Trust by Abraham…
Goods Train at Thistle Bottom, Hebden Bridge - ALC04491
The railway track has been straightened, but the line of the infamous Charlestown curve can clearly be seen. Oakville Road is on the right.
Great North Gate, Heptonstall, c1890 - ALC05165
This is the entrance to Churchyard Bottom. The building on the left is the Black Bull Inn, the Cloth Hall is on the right. Ref: 031Ref: 031
Greaves and Chamber's shops Hebden Bridge - ALC00109
Greaves shop c1855, at the corner of Bridge Gate and New Road, now demolished. Chamber’s shop on the right later became Thomas Blackburn, Ironmongers.
Greaves Draper and Hosier later became Zacharias Spencer Florist. Spencer’s later moved to the…
Greaves Draper and Hosier later became Zacharias Spencer Florist. Spencer’s later moved to the…
Greenwood Cottage, near Wainsgate, Wadsworth, c1900 - ALC06335
The lady and gentleman are Mr and Mrs Crossley Ashworth, and the children are Alice and Thomas Ashworth.
Greenwood Lee, Heptonstall - ALC09002
Greenwood Lee House is a large yeoman clothiers’ house, Grade II* listed and perhaps one of the finest vernacular buildings in West Yorkshire. Although the porch bears the date 1712, it is recorded as having been sold twice in 1650. For a time it was…
Halifax Road, Todmorden - ALC05153
Looking towards Hebden Bridge, the Hippodrome is on left
Halifax Road, Todmorden - ALC05154
Looking towards the centre
Hand Loom Weaver - ALC00786
Possibly Jack-o-Bog Eggs, Wadsworth, the last hand loom weaver in the Calderdale area.
