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  • Collection: Alice Longstaff - General Pictures

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On the right the Hole-in-theWall pub and on the left the tenements of Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s.

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At the bottom of the Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s. Seen here is Buttress climbing it and Royd Terrace.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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At the bottom of The Buttress opposite 'The Hole in the Wall' Buttress Brink was a warren of apartments and demolished in the 1960s.

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Formerly AT305. Buttress Brink, was a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress, off Old Gate opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn. Occupants had to walk through a gloomy ground floor tunnel lit by gas lamps, climb steps set…

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The Hall is situated just above the A646 opposite the station and the former Mayroyd Mill.

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Cragg Hall was the centre for many social events. It is interesting to note that Miss Clara Butt stayed at Cragg Hall when she sung at the Victoria Hall in Halifax. Henry Ainley the actor stayed there more than once. Melbourne Inman the billiard…

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Cragg Hall in its prime before the disastrous fire of 1921. Old Cragg Hall can be seen top left.

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Merry Weather fire engine, named 'Alderman Pickles', of Todmorden Fire Service, heads a parade of engines. Photo taken in Cragg Vale, probably in the 1920s.

On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported:

FIRE ENGINE TESTED,…

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On back - Annie Joy, daughter of Mary (McDonald) Joy. Also - Addressed to Mr J.A. Wallin, Iam sending you this postcard so that you not forget what we are like. It isn't a good one as I was so silly as to moveand spoil it. We are in our garden. Yours…

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Shows Heptonstall and Hebden Bridge Parish Churches

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Postcard addressed to Miss Eliza Stott, postmarked October 15 1908, with the message 'Many happy returns of your birthday, with love'.

F & H Sutcliffe Mill and offices is centre right of picture, with the awning to the railway platform to the…

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Midgley Road, Mytholmroyd. Built at a cost of £2,500, the chapel opened in 1882. Dryrot forced its closure in 1960 and there was a n amalgamation with Scout Road Wesleyan Methodist Church.

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The chapel was built in 1764 by a Methodist Society which had grown steadily since John Wesley’s first visit in 1747. At first it was a perfect octagon, but in 1802 the sides were extended and the gallery reconstructed to increase the capacity. The…
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