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  • Collection: Mick Chatham Collection

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The photo shows the junction of Crown Point Road and Lee Wood Road at Draper Corner at Slack Bottom. The large building towards the top of the photo is the former Slack Baptist Church.

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Postcard dated 1925. Message reads: Dear mother, We're all well and having a nice holiday. We are sat in the field and Alice is chanting for us. We have come to hear the Clarions but they have not started yet. We have all we could wish for in food…

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Originally thought to be Edge Hey Green

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Thought to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights

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The bridge carried a narrow gauge railway across the steep valley during the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Postcard dated 1905.

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The railway line was used to transport men and materials during the construction of the reservoir, which was opened in October 1907.

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Taken from behind Boothroyd looking over Hardcastle Crags at the Shackketon hillside.

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Looking down on the entrance to the Crags. The white building just to the left of centre is The blue Pig, club.

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Also known at sometime in the past as Cosy Corner. It is the present site of the Halifax Scout's hostels and camp site.

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The pool below the falls in used as a wild swimming site.

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Postcard dated 1904 The remains of the Fisherman's Hut still can be found on the river bank some waY up stream from Gibson Mill

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Hope Baptist Church was established in 1777. The present church was opened in 1858 and could seat 1000 people.

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Postcard dated 1926, addressed to Miss Mary Barker, Williamsville, Roobey, Westport, C/o Mayo. Message reads: Dear Mary, Hope you will like this card. Do you know the little boy you can see so well, it is Cyril but he will have altered since you saw…

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Market Street used to be main shopping street in the town. Note the architecture of the buildings above ground floor level. The mill closing off the view of the street was Barbreck Mill.

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The distinctive arches in the centre of the picture are Stubbings Infants School. To the left of the school is St John’s Church which closed in the 1960s and was subsequently converted into a residential property. The old Birchcliffe Chapel and…
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