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Hollin Hall pumping station opening event - ALC00778
Stiuated in the Crimsworth Valley it ceased operating in 1990.
Broadbottom Farm, Hebden Bridge - ALC00777
The aisled halls of the Halifax region form a unique group within the north of England. Dating from the 14th century they are evidence of the prosperity of the medieval yeoman clothier who wished to demonstrate his wealth by building a large…
Birchcliffe and Foster Mill, c1880 - ALC00715
Foster Mill far left, Hangingroyd Mill in the centre and above that Nutclough Mill. Birchcliffe Road climbing up the undeveloped hillside with the first Birchcliffe Chapel and grave yard to its left.
Market Street/West End, Hebden Bridge, c1910 - ALC00699
The building on the corner of Market Street and Old Gate, pictured here as Jackson Merchant Taylor, ended its days as 'Nicky's Cafe'. In 1910 the street was gas light. Beyond is Bridge Gate Mill.
Fallingroyd Bridge, near Hebden Bridge - ALC00698
Alice Longstaff is standing on the bridge, the clog factory is in the background.
Fallingroyd Bridge - ALC00697
Alice Longstaff is standing on the bridge, the clog factory is in the background.
Birchcliffe c1898 - ALC00689
View of Birchcliffe
Dobroyd Castle - ALC00674
John Fielden, born in 1822, fell in love with one of his mill workers, Ruth Stansfield. The story goes that she replied to his proposal of marriage by jokingly saying that she would accept on the condition that he built her a castle on top of the…
Section of Machine Shop - ALC00657
This is Marshall's Repetition Works, Whitelee, Mytholmroyd. Thanks to Douglas Robertshaw for identifying it, he worked there in the 1990s.
Painting of Mill - ALC00627
Calderside Mill and Whiteley Arches. When it was built in 1842, at 300 feet the chimney was said to be the tallest in the area.
Tin Tabernacle, Hebden Bridge - ALC00626
Situated in Unity Street, Hebden Bridge, the Tin Tabernacle was built as a Wesleyan Mission and opened in May 1887 for services which had previously been held at a house in Foster Lane. The mission was superseded by the splendid Foster Lane Chapel,…
Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge - ALC00625
The old Hole in the Wall pub demolished and replaced in the 1890s.
Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622
30th October 1920. An outing of 37 people from the Robin Hood Inn at Pecket Well to Keighley ended in disaster when their charabanc overturned on a bend coming down from Cock Hill to Oxenhope. Five people were killed and four seriously injured. The…
Horse Drawn Wagonette - ALC00621
A typical horse drawn wagonette with two lengthwise seats facing one another behind the driver's cross seat.
Fallingroyd - ALC00620
c.1910. Barge on the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge. - ALC00619
West side of Hebble End Bridge over the Rochdale Canal before the bridge was widened in 1963.
Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00617
Clearing the wreckage following the rail disaster on 21 June 1912 on the notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden in which four people died. For further information: http://www.hebdenbridgehistory.org.uk/charlestown/events.html
Charlestown Rail Disaster - ALC00616
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden killing four people. Postcard.
Heptonstall - ALC00615
Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall c1910
Dray Horse - ALC00614
Postcard. Coal dray horse outside Riverside School Hebden Bridge in full working dress. Postcard.
Coal dray - ALC00613
Coal dray outside Riverside School Hebden Bridge. The horse in full working dress! Postcard.
Covered Wagon - ALC00612
Covered four wheeled carriers wagon drawn by a pair of horses.
Doctor on his rounds, Hebden Bridge - ALC00611
Believed to be Dr Davidson, in a horse drawn four wheeled carriage for one person, possibly a Stanhope or Spider Phaeton, on Burnley Road Hebden Bridge. Note the tramlines.