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Hebden Bridge - Keighley Road - ALC00320
ALC00320. Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking up Keighley Road from the Railway Station early twentieth century. At Whitsuntide and September holiday weekends several thousand people would arrive by train for a day out.
Hebden Bridge - Market Street - ALC00336
Market Street looking towards West End in the 19th century. The building at the far end is Jackson Merchant Tailors. The horse drawn vehicle on the left is a two seater carriage but that on the right too indistinct. The shop bottom left is Joe Jagger…
Hebden Bridge - Market Street - ALC00337
Christmas 1909. Shops: on right Haberghams Costumery, Millinery and Dressmaking advertising 'Christmas Presents' and 'New Year Gifts' and next to him Hilton Crossley. With one exception some very middle class shoppers.
Hebden Bridge - Market Street - ALC00338
c1910. Shops from the right: Hilber Brothers Fruit & Potato Merchant; the Post Office, clock showing 10.15; the Lancashire Bank; Lellos Central Dining Rooms which is seemingly recommended by the Cycling Touring Club; Arthur Smith but then all too…
Hebden Bridge - Market Street - ALC00340
Looking up Hangingroyd Road from Salem Chapel, possibly late 1950s or early 1960s. The building extreme right is where the Co-op is today.
Hebden Bridge - Market Street, 1955 - ALC00339
Looking from West End and Market Street is still the town's main shopping street. Shops on the left: unnamed selling fire surrounds; J E Greaves, Baker & Confectioner, with his van outside; J Robertshaw, Newsagent & Stationer; C L Shaw followed by…
Hebden Bridge - Mayroyd - ALC00371
ALC00371. Horse and four wheeled trap on Burnley Road below Mayroyd Hall and the old Tythe Barn. The man with the horse is George Wm Thomas son of James Farrer Thomas.
Hebden Bridge - Memorial Garden - ALC00352
The Memorial Gardens on the official opening day 10th August 1938, many years after neighbouring War Memorials had been opened.
The public had subscribed £5,000 for the scheme which had been instigated by Cllr Arthur Holt and his daughter, Miss…
The public had subscribed £5,000 for the scheme which had been instigated by Cllr Arthur Holt and his daughter, Miss…
Hebden Bridge - Memorial Gardens - ALC00353
ALC00353. Opening day 10th August 1938.
Hebden Bridge - New Road - ALC00349
About 1960 but a slushy New Road is still cobbled. Holts building originally jutted further out and the other buildings had gardens but all removed to widen the pavement.
Hebden Bridge - New Road - ALC00350
ALC00350. Looking towards West End. Timothy Whites was taken over by Boots in 1968 and most stores closed and in 1976 the one seen here became the Tourist Information Centre and is now AJs Fish & Chips. Next to it is the Yorkshire Bank, now…
Hebden Bridge - Old Gate - ALC00323
The 1843 extension to Bridge Mill does not show in this picture, therefore this picture was taken before that date. The road is now wider and has been raised. This is one of the oldest photos of Hebden Bridge.
Hebden Bridge - Salem Chapel - ALC00324
1962. Salem Methodist Chapel on Market Street opposite Hangingroyd Road. Built in 1885 it was demolished in 1973 and replaced by the present Methodist Church.
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Bridge - ALC00358
ALC00358. St Georges Bridge across the Hebden Water was erected in 1893. The houses to the left on Blackwater Street were demolished about 1896 to make way for the new Council's Offices. On the right the rear of the Shoulder of Mutton and beyond is…
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Bridge. - ALC00359
ALC00359. St Georges Bridge was built in 1893 and here in about 1896 the partially constructed Council Offices are on the left. The rear of the Shoulder of Mutton on the right with Bridge Mill beyond.
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Square - ALC00364
From the Square looking up to Keighley Road; on the left Bridge Mill, used by Chorlton Bros., Wholesale Clothiers, and beyond that the White Lion and opposite it the junction of Bridge Gate with Commercial Street before it was re-aligned 1964/65 to…
Hebden Bridge - St Georges Square - ALC00366
St Georges Square looking across to the Shoulder of Mutton and behind can be seen partially demolished buildings on Buttress Brink.. The car in the foreground has a 1968/9 'G' registration number. Note the water tank on the top of the building on the…
Hebden Bridge - Station Road - ALC00321
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.
Hebden Bridge - Stubbings Steps - ALC00369
Stubbings Steps from School Street down to Commercial Street in the 1950s. The building at the bottom was originally the toll bar house on the Lees and Hebden Bridge Turnpike Road.
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Hebden Bridge - The Buttress Bottom - ALC00362
Looking at the bottom of the Buttress. Date unknown but the building on the right was part of Buttress Brink and demolished 1960s. Across on the hillside is Zion Baptist Chapel ,built 1881, and below that the buildings on Commercial Street and Garden…
Hebden Bridge - The Old Bridge - ALC00357
The Old Bridge looking downstream towards West End. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the left on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…
Hebden Bridge - The Old Bridge - ALC00360
The Old Bridge originally built 1510 and repaired in 1602 and 1657 when it was described "in great ruin and decay". Seen here in about 1900 looking over to Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s, with the new 'Hole in the Wall' pub on the right.
Hebden Bridge - Tram Terminus - ALC00348
The tram terminus on New Road, near the junction with Holme Street, left, and Bridge Gate, right looking towards West End. The white sign on the right-hand building points to C Westerman, Photographer, on West End and the signs on the left-hand…
Hebden Bridge - Tram Terminus, 1910 - ALC00347
Pre First World War. Halifax Corporation tram number 73, came into service November 1902, photographed here at the terminus on New Road near the junction with Crown Street. Trams ran from Halifax to Hebden Bridge from 1901 to 1936. On the left is the…
Hebden Bridge - West End - ALC00331
West End looking towards New Road. Date unknown but the car has a post-1921 Leeds registration number. From the far end the shops are: first three Blackburn Ironmongers; Haighs Music Shop; Westerman's Photographic Studio; Cockcrofts and Watsons. On…