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A very quiet Crown Street.

A traffic free view of the junction of New Road, Bridgegate and Holme Street.

The main street out of the town. Before the M62 was built in the 1960s this was one of the main routes from Yorkshire to Lancashire. In wintry weather was often the only one which remained open.

Looking towards Market Street with the River Hebden in view.

Primrose Terrace on the left.

The canal bridge leading up to Fairfield, the curve on the left showing how the bridge has been recently reinstated after the canal has been restored in the 1980s.

The building on the left is the back of Salem Chapel, wheras the one on the right is Melbourne Mill. The base of the mill chimney can just be seen on the right.

This imposing chapel was on Market Street until it was demolished in the 1970s and a new chapel was built on the site.

A view of Mytholm showing the canal bottom left, and the many mills and factories which no longer exist.

The A646 and the Caldervale Railway line taken from high above the (unseen) arches. The river can just be seen to the left of the of the road.

The Mythlom area of the town looking east. Centre of the shot is the clearance of the housing at Bridge Lanes, dating this photo from the mid 1960s.

A view of the town from the road above Market Street. It really demonstates the density of the housing and the amount there was. The mill in the centre was demolished - at very short notice - in the early 1980s , and a supermarket was built on the…

The River Calder on a day after heavy rainfall.

The red brick houses stand on Stubbing Drive, bottom centre and the Rochdale Canal can just be seen in front. To the left of the road are cottages, now gone, as is the mill and factory behind. The houses in the field on the left of of the road are…

St Thomas's on the hilltop top centre, with St James's centre left. The glats centre right look to be new and the garage at Bankfoot stands where there are now houses.

An interesting view of the many roads: Heptonstall on the left, and Burnley Road on the right. The very many terraces lining the road no longer exist.

A view of the main road and the canal from a high vantage point.

A view of Mytholm with St James' Church left and the flats, newly built centre. The silk mill centre is at the end of Church Lane.

A view of Mytholm wiht St James' church bottom right and the housing climbing up Mytholm Steeps road going up to Blackshaw Head.

The road, rail and canal visible in this shot taken from the hilltop.