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This area of the town ids known locally as 'Frying Pan Alley'. It was built in the 1930s and was a popular place to live.

A view looking up towards Keighley Road. The hut like building on the left just in front of the car was Arthur Greenwood's butcher's shop. The cottages on the left were demolished in the 1960s and the majority of the cottages on the right (beyond the…

Cross Lane Chapel on the right and to the left of that the supporting wall of Heptonstall Road. The rooftops of the houses of Hangingroyd Lane visible on the bottom of the shot.

A view of the chmney looking through to the square with the Shoulder of Mutton on the right.

Dodnaze Estate looking very new.

A view from George Bridge down into George Square. Note the cigarette machine on the side of Edmondson's shop.

This bridge spans the river Hebden with the Shoulder of Mutton pub in the background.

A view of the Birchcliffe hillside with the individual arches of Stubbings school on the right and the jumble of buildings belonging to the White Lion Hotel in the centre.

The river just behind Bridge Mill taken from George Bridge, with the garages behind the White Lion Hotel visible.

A view of the square in pre pedestrianisation days, when cars could park and the shops had awnings. The building on the coner was the popular Corner Cafe. Note the cigarette machine on the wall of the cafe.

A view upriver with the Council Offices on the left and behind, the bridge the imperssive supporting wall for Keighley Road. And behind the foliage is another huge supporting wall holding up the Birchcliffe hillside.

A view into the town taken from Birchcliffe on a sunny spring day.

A view into the town taken form Birchcliffe, pre 1967.

A view down to New Road with the White Swan on the left and Watson's Hatchery visible on the hillside, centre.

The old Packhorse Bridge which was the route from the hilltop villages to the towns where the pieces of cloth were traded.

This lovely garden on Birchcliffe is a tranquil place to stop awhile. The house on the left, Hazeldene, was for many years a rooming house.

A view of the newly built supporting wall where the houses used to be, taken from the Pack Horse Bridge.

A view of the Buttress with Royd Terrace centre. Wonder who the children are? Cross Lane Chapel visible on the hilltop.

The Buttress before it was condemned.

The demolition of the Buttress, a unique development of housing in Hebden Bridge which sprang up in the late 19th C. It was a warren of alleys and stairways and housed many local families until it was deemed unfit for human habitation in the 1960s.…

The tower amid the church ruins. The church was destroyed during a great storm in the 19th C.

The organ at St Thomas' Church, Heptonstall.

A view of the Birchcliffe area of the town.

A view of the northern side of the town wiht Windsor View bottom, Highfield Crescent on the right and the top and bottom houses of Lee View, centre.

A view down into the town from Heptonstall Road.