Looking across St Georges Bridge, built 1893, to the Square and the large Co-op building with its clock tower. The building on the right on Blackwater Street was demolished to make way for the Council Offices which were built in 1897.
Looking down Hebden Water to West End Bridge with Old Gate on the right. The building on the left, which is to the rear of Westbourne House, was converted into a dwelling in 2012 and windows added. Beyond the bridge is Central Dyeworks to which an…
The buildings on the left, on what was then Blackwater Street, were demolished to make way for the Council Offices which opened in 1897. The chimney and part of Bridge Mill can be seen on the right.
View down the Hebden Water passed the Council Offices, built 1897, St Georges Bridge, 1893, Old Bridge 1510, West End Bridge 1771. The open land bottom right is now Valley Road and Market Place.
Old Gate was constructed probably in the 1760s as part of the Halifax - Todmorden Turnpike which entered the town on Commercial Street to the front of the White Lion then left to continue over the Old Bridge and then left again. It ceased to be part…
Donkey cart on Albert Street crossing Hope Street; Hope Chapel to the right. Bank doorway behind (The plate is labelled "possibly with Dan Wilcock in 1920s" but the absence of tram cables visible on New Road would date it pre1901/2) Another caption…
Band outside the bank building at the corner of Albert Street and Hope Street, name of the bank on the windows not discernible but now Lloyds Bank (2015). Date unknown.
Flagged landing at the top of Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn.
They were demolished in 1967 as unfit for human habitation "where occupants had to walk through…
The narrow steps and passageways in Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn.
They were demolished in 1967 as unfit for human habitation "where occupants had to walk…
Steps, passages and landings in Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn.
They were demolished in 1967 as unfit for human habitation "where occupants had to walk…
The ginnel from the doorway up into Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn.
They were demolished in 1967 as unfit for human habitation "where occupants had to walk…
The ginnel and steps up into Buttress Brink, a warren of dwellings on different levels at the bottom of the Buttress opposite the Hole-in-the-Wall Inn.
They were demolished in 1967 as unfit for human habitation "where occupants had to walk through a…