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Market Street, Hebden Bridge - WSC00112
At the far end is Breck Mill originally occupied by Sowerby Bridge Flour Society. The mill burnt down as the result of the fire, believed to have been stared deliberately, in 1971. The upper floors of the buildings on the left were demolished after a…
Market Street, Hebden Bridge - WSC00156
Above the landmark chimney of Calder Mill on Stubbing Holme.
Middle Nook - WSC00223
Nook Lane, Wadsworth.
Moss Lane, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00258
Looking down to its junction with Valley Road. The mill building in the centre above the whitewashed cottage was part of Hangingroyd Mill now site of Waterside Fold.
Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00111
Viewed from king Street, the hall was demolished c.1969 and replaced by accommodation for the elderly. Behind it is St James Parish Church.
Nutclough from Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00100
Hebden Water below the huge retaining wall supporting Keighley Road. When the turnpike was built c.1815 a shelf was cut out of the cliff to accommodate it.
Nutclough mill and Weaving Shed, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00202
Built by the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Society a commercially successful co-operative. It was taken over by the Co-operative Wholesale Society after the First World War. Production of fustians ceased in the 1960s. Today it is once again…
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge - WSC00268
Nutclough Mill in the centre with double-decker houses on streets off Birchcliffe Road above it. To the left of the river part of Hangingroyd Mill with to the right the demolition site of another part of the mill which had partly straddled the river.
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00166
The Hebden Water flowing below the mill.
Nutclough, Hebden Bridge - WSC00218
The hotel on the left is the former Nutclough House pub and above it the double-decker Eiffel Buildings on the road which runs down to join Keighley Road where vehicles can be seen.
Nutclough, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00235
The hotel sign is on the wall of the former Nutclough House Hotel and above it are Eiffel Buildings with on the right houses on Keighley Road.
Old Farm Machinery, Erringden Moor, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00149
To the right of the tree Heptonstall Church is just visible.
Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00181
Believed to be one of the oldest images of Hebden Bridge but date unknown.
Oldfield Watson's Yard, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00135
This is an old Ruston Bucyrus Dragline crane that my father Douglas Watson bought from Hydrocon of Littleborough to build the Buttress Brink retaining wall in 1968.
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
Pylons in the Snow - WSC00200
Unknown location but probably Upper Calder Valley.
Rear of Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00189
From Old Gate looking at the back of Bridge Gate. All the buildings seen here on the river bank have been demolished to make way for the riverside path and Bridge Gate car park.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00121
Black Pit Lock prior to restoration in the mid-1980s. On the right the Central Dye Works is now apartments with an extra storey added. This shows the aqueduct which carries the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00147
Rear of Oldfield Watson's yard on the left, Crossley Mill Terrace and Machpelah beyond. The buildings on the canal bank up to the old chimney were all demolished in 1984 to make way for the new Marina. The chimney remains by the boiler house itself…
Shepherd's Lorries, Hebden Bridge - WSC00241
The lorries parked in the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill now site of Waterside Fold at the top of Valley Road. The vehicle facing the camera has a 1978/9 registration plate.
Shepherd's Lorries, Hebden Bridge - WSC00242
The lorries parked in the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill now site of Waterside Fold at the top of Valley Road. The vehicle facing the camera, Curly, has a 1978/9 registration plate.
Shepherd's Lorries, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00248
The vehicles in the foreground are on the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill and the mill building on the left is straddling the river. The yard is now largely site of Waterside Fold. The vehicles across the road are in the yard of Hebden Shed or…
Shepherds Lorries, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00251
The vehicles in the foreground are on the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill. The yard is now largely site of Waterside Fold. The vehicles across the road are in the yard of Hebden Shed or Works with Nutclough Mill above and above that double…
Shepherds Lorries, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00252
The vehicles are parked up in the disused yard of Hangingroyd Mill. The people in the centre are walking across the bridge over the river at the top of Valley Road. The yard is now site of Waterside Fold. Above is Nutclough Mill and above that double…
Snow Scene at Heptonstall - WSC00136
The 'new' Victorian Church is on the left and the tower of the ruined medieval church to the right.