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Jumble Hole Mill & Cottages, c1930 - ALC05079
Originally called Underbank Dyeworks it was used for dying silk, having two dye sheds. The remains of the mill dam which was fed by a goit from Jumble Hole Clough, can still be seen above the mill. nearby is Underbank Hall
King Street, Hebden Bridge - ALC01486
Looking towards Todmorden.
Land Mill - ALC08253
Land Mill is in the rural Colden Valley to the north of the New Delight Inn.
Lee Mill, Hebden Bridge - ALC00108
Lee Mill, a cotton mill in the Hebden Valley and Dog Bottom, c1910. Seen here looking up towards hardcastle Crags. The mill was demolished in the 1960s by which time it was disused,
Local Fire Brigades - ALC04577
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,…
On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported:
FIRE ENGINE TESTED,…
Looking down Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge, c1910 - ALC06352
The double-fronted shop in the centre was a grocer's shop run for many years by Nancy Swain.
Looking Down on Midgehole, Hebden Bridge - ALC08058
The lodge at the entrance to Hardcastle Crags is on the left of the picture, and in the foreground the popular Lello's Tea Rooms.
Looking Down on Whiteley Arches - ALC05078
The photograph shows the area of King Street, Mytholm, also Eaves Wood, including Hell Hole Rocks, with Heptonstall Church on the skyline.
Looking down onto Hebden Bridge - ALC05166
Nutclough Mill is in the centre of the picture, above its chimney is Sandy Gate, with the fields of Old town behind. Birchcliffe Chapel centre right. Source: Barbara Shepherd. Ref: At568BAS.
Looking down the Buttress, Hebden Bridge - ALC05094
Buttress Brink is on the right with the Hole in the Wall beyond. Probably taken just before demolition of Buttress Brink started in the 1960s.
Looking from Heptonstall road to Bridge Lanes - ALC05858
In the 1960s the houses between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall road were demolished.
Looking over Old Town, c1910 - ALC05131
Towards the right the gabled building is Walker Lane Methodist Chapel, and to the left can be seen part of Acre Mill. Coronation Terrace is under construction.
Looking towards Towngate, Heptonstall - ALC09021
Possibly some members of the Ingham family in the photograph. The building on the right is Royds Farm, which the family may have had.
Lord Holme Mill [Gibson's Mill] c1910. - ALC08056
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, part of a major tourist attraction. It was eventually left to the National Trust by Abraham Gibson of Greenwood…
Lower Briggate, Brighouse, c1904 - ALC04471
Postcard produced by Halifax Courier
Luddenden Foot - ALC04460
The goit beside Furtex Mill. The mill has now been demolished and replaced by housing.