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Birchcliffe, c1910 - ALC05178
A "detached" house on the end of the double-decker houses formed between Eifel Street and Edward Street. Once lived in by Elton Thomas.
Stubbings Landslide, 1903 - ALC05179
The wall at the bottom of Keighley Road bearing a poster dated 1903. Behind you can just see Stubbings School which was opened in 1878.
Hebden Bridge from Heptonstall road - ALC05180
The old Birchcliffe Chapel can be seen with the graveyard visible before it was colonised by trees. Being built is the new Birchcliffe Chapel which was completed in 1898. Chapel Avenue is just a building site!
Nutclough Mill is in the centre of…
Nutclough Mill is in the centre of…
Central Board School, Hebden Bridge, 1900 - ALC05181
Central Board School was the second Board School in Hebden Bridge. (Stubbings, 1878 was the first), and was opened in July 1884 as the Todmorden United District Hebden Bridge Central Board School. Originally it was a one—storey building and the…
Birchcliffe Chapel, Hebden Bridge - ALC05182
Birchcliffe Chapel, Hebden Bridge
Slack Top, Heptonstall looking east, c1926. - ALC05183
Beyond the cow stands Sutcliffe Cafe used for funeral teas.
The entrance of the Heptonstall grave yard is just beyond the building.
One of George Thomas's sons Edward George Thomas is playing tennis with his brother on the right. EGT who owned…
The entrance of the Heptonstall grave yard is just beyond the building.
One of George Thomas's sons Edward George Thomas is playing tennis with his brother on the right. EGT who owned…
View over Mytholm, c1900 - ALC05184
The house in the lower centre of the photo was a Lock Keeper's House on the Rochdale Canal. To the right-hand side of the Photo is Mytholm Hall with behind it the Parish Church of Hebden Bridge - St. James the Great, and behind that the two Eaves…
Buttress and Hole in the Wall Inn - ALC05185
Ref: 045 Buttress and Hole in the Wall Inn. The man in the doorway of the"Hole" is actually J.C. Hardman
Hole in the Wall sign c1895 - ALC05186
This sign was on the old Hole in the Wall inn at the bottom of Buttress. The building was demolished in the late 1890s and replaced with the present building, which opened its doors in 1899.
White Lion, Hebden Bridge - ALC05847
Situated on the corner of Keighley Road and Bridge Gate, this is one of the oldest buildings in Hebden Bridge.
St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - ALC05848
Looking across the square to the Shoulder of Mutton, with the Council Offices behind. Note the shop on the left, Innovation, which opened here on 7th Nov 1969 and then moved to Bridge Mill in June 1976.
Hebden Bridge from Birchcliffe road - ALC05850
Over the wall from the mini-bus is the White Lion Hotel with Bridge Mill behind it. To the left of the mill the Shoulder of Mutton faces St Georges Square.
Storm Damage in Hebden Bridge - ALC05851
Seen through the up-turned market stall, on the left is Astin's sewing shop, site now occupied by the medical centre, and on the right the roof of the mortuary, with Nutclough Mill behind it.
White Horse Hotel, Hebden Bridge c1960. - ALC05852
The White Horse Hotel was an inn at least since 1851, although Barry Ledgard tells us that a licensee of the White Horse Inn, William Jackson, was charged with running a stage carriage without a licence, every Market day, to Halifax, and was caught…
St Georges Bridge and the Council Offices, Hebden Bridge - ALC05853
To the left of the photo the building adjoining the Hebden Bridge Council Offices at one time housed the Hebden Bridge Library, it was removed as part of the Town Hall development, with the official opening of the new Waterfront Hall taking place on…
Memorial Gardens, Mytholmroyd - ALC05855
Was this part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977?
Bridge Gate Mill, Hebden Bridge - ALC05856
Photo taken at the junction of Old Gate and West End, showing the rear of Westbourne House and Bridge Gate Mill. Nickie's cafe stood oat this junction but was pulled down in the 1960s as part of a road widening and improvement scheme.
New Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05857
A wonderfully evocative picture of a time when road works only needed a Keep Right sign. Hope Baptist Church is on the left and the Picture House to the right. The bridge over the road between the two parts of Crossley Mill can be seen.
Looking from Heptonstall road to Bridge Lanes - ALC05858
In the 1960s the houses between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall road were demolished.
Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05859
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…
Cragg Hall and Gardens, c1910 - ALC05997
The 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…
Cragg Hall and Gardens - ALC05998
Old Cragg Hall still exists whereas new Cragg Hall shown here was destroyed by fire in August 1921.
The 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…
The 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…
