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Birchcliffe hillside taken from Heptonstall Road circa 1970. Eiffel Tower is in the foreground and Birchcliffe Chapel to the right.

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Postcard dated November 1907

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Unusually for old pictures, most of the buildings in this view are still there.

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The timber bridge which gave its name to the town probably stood a little further upstream than the present stone structure which dates from about 1510. Legacies financed the construction: for example, James Grenewode of Wadsworth left 3s. 4d to the…

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In the centre is the Co-op Car Park. Beehive Mill is bottom left and the former Neptune pub, now two dwellings, bottom right.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Looking down on Market Street up the valley towards Todmorden. The landmark chimney of Calder Mill in the centre, much of the mill itself was destroyed by fire in November 1964.

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Looking across St George's Square to the Shoulder of Mutton on Bridge Gate. The structure on top of the building on the left of centre was a water tank but is now gone.

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Looking towards Keighley Road. The covered opening next to "Sally" and the building to its right have now gone and replaced with a small courtyard and purpose built shop building with accommodation over. Further down the street the White Swan is on…

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On the far left of the picture is Hazel's wool shop, which was demolished and the site is now Bridge Gate car park.

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On the left is the Old Bridge. Many of the buildings opposite have been demolished giving way to the Riverside Walk.

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Looking up towards the Old Bridge. The buildings on the right are on Bridge Gate.

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Taken from the Old Bridge, the Buttress climbs up to Heptonstall Road. The Hole in the Wall in on the right and in between the start of Royd Terrace.

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R. D. Greenwoods, Insurance Brokers is on the right. The steps lead up to Garnett Street.

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Mr Bird ran the carpet discount shop in Bridge Mill, he moved there from premises further down Bridge Gate.

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The car park in the foreground is on the site of the former White horse Inn. Looking across St George's Square the top of the tall building was a water tank.
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