The second policeman from the right is Mark Andrews, PC 123, who was the Heptonstall policeman during and just after the war. He lived at 2 Hepton Drive and had two sons, Peter and Paul (born 1945). The ladies on the left are Miss Shackleton (Nanny)…
The line of theYorkshire and Lancashire Railway can be seen along the right hand side of the photograph and diagonally across the foreground. The railway from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden was authorised in 1871 and on to Rishwirth in 1881. The idea…
Bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd near Hebden Bridge. The canal has become derelict and this bridge was replaced when the dangerous bend was straightened.
This cinema opened on New Road on 1st January 1912 and closed June 24th 1921. It stood on the site of the Memorial Gardens along with the UCP shop and the Black and White Cafe. Later the cinema became a billiard hall.
The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…