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

Looking towards Market Street with the River Hebden in view.

A view along one of the oldest streets in the town with what looks like the remnants of the demolition of the Buttress, centre.

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

The very steep School Street with Stubbings School 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.

Dad front left, Mum back row front of man in doorway

L-R: Doris, Sarah Annie Speak, (Eileen's Grandma), Marion, Annie on knee (our mum)

The A646 bottom right wiht the houses pictured no longer in existence. The bowling green at Savile Road visible centre.

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

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.

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.…

Primrose Terrace on the left.

The Colden Valley, wiht the junior school centre left. Jack Bridge Mill centre of the shot and Hudson Mill on the right.

The Coop works at Nutclough.

A view of the Council Offices with St George's Bridge in the foreground