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  • Collection: Hebden Bridge Camera Club - The Changing Face of Hebden Bridge

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Tunnel under the dam under construction with construction workers.

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The wooden building backing on to the river was Edmondson's paint shop, and the imposing building behind it is the Council Offices.

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Bridge Mill is on the left, and on the other side of the river is the Rear of Edmondson's paint shop.

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On the left is Hope Baptist Church and on right is the number 15 bus from Leeds to Burnley, its destination indicator shows the principal intermediate points on the route - Dudley Hill, Halifax, Hebden Bridge. The winding handle for the destination…

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Hope Baptist Church is in the middle of the picture, and Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road is in the distance. The Railway Inn is on the right of the photograph.

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Arthur Sunderland holds the horses, ready for a wedding.

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Demolition of the houses of Hollins place is nearing completion. Keighley Road goes off to the right, whilst the White Lion and White Horse vie for business.

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Stubbing School can be seen and also St Johns Church. Building on far left is the White Lion public house.

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This is the bottom of Birchcliffe Road at its junction with a very narrow Commercial Street which went straight down to the front of the White Lion. The demolition allowed the road junction to be widened and for Commercial Street and Keighley Road to…

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The arch was erected as part of the celebrations marking the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. On this side it was lit by electricity and on the other side by gas. Holme House is the building at the other side of the arch.

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The arch was erected as part of the celebrations marking the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. On this side it was lit by gas and on the other side by electricity. The building on the right has been demolished to widen the road.

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We have this photo dated 1961, but Jonathan Greenwood comments: “I have a copy of this print because the building in the centre used to belong to my great grandparents, Thomas (Tommy) & Harriet Louisa (Louie) Knight, who ran it as a bakery. They both…

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On the 21st of June the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.

Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards "tearing…

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On the 21st of June, 1912, the 2.45 from Rochdale and Liverpool approached the infamous Charlestown curve at about 40 miles per hour and left the line, killing four passengers.

Although off the rails, the train was carried for a further 100 yards…

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This bend which takes the main Hebden Bridge to Halifax road over the Rochdale Canal was notoriously dangerous.

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A firm of Blenders and Slitherers occupied the smaller premises for a number of years. The mill was finally demolished in 2013 and the site developed for housing.
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