Taken about 1957/58. Pickles Band Knives (push cut). The cuttings were put down holes in the floor to be collected for sale after sorting. The mill closed in 1979 and was pulled down a few years later.
Dedicated to St James the Great and consecrated in 1833. Built on land donated by the Armytages of Mytholm it is unusually well out of the town centre.
The low white building in the foreground is Palace House, after which the road is named. The large building in the foreground on the left is the Roman Catholic Church which was built 1896 and closed in 1991.
Quote from the Hebden Bridge Times August 22nd 2003 'Angie Barrs was walking down Sandy Gate in Hebden Bridge recently when the driver of a skip lorry leaned out of his cab and yelled "D'ya know any of these people?" Hardly waiting for an answer, he…