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View over Hebden Bridge - HBC01112
The building on the lower right of the picture was originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School, now Riverside Junior School, whilst towards the bottom left is the imposing Central Street School. On the Birchcliffe hillside the destinctive arches of…
Floods at Mytholmroyd, August 1954 - HBC01108
View across the main road from Caldene Avenue at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road…
Flood Damage, Cragg Vale, 1984 - HBC01052
A flash flood destroyed the bridge over the Elphin Brook at Scar Bottom, effectively marooning the residents of a small group of houses.
St George's Bridge, Hebden Bridge, 1995 - HBC01033
Due to the increase in the weight of traffic many bridges had to be strengthened around this time. Hebden Bridge Council Offices are in the background.
Clough Mill, Mytholmroyd, Demolition 1969 - HBC00940
The mill was demolished to facilitate the widening of the junction of Midgley road and the main road,
Flood Damage, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00938
Showing the damage done to the buildings that overhang the river. Ironically this building was a dry cleaners. The large mill facing the road is Clough Mill.
Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Floods 1954 - HBC00910
Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.
River Calder, Mytholmroyd, 1960 - HBC00907
On the left is the rear of Bridge End cottages, and in the centre is St Michael's Church Hall. The Church Hall was the Sunday School.
River Calder & Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, 1962 - HBC00906
When constructed in about 1908 this was the first pre-cast concrete bridge in the country.
River Calder & Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, 1961 - HBC00904
This was the first precast concrete bridge in the country. The parapet is also precast.
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00901
Probably taken from the top of the tower of St Michaels'. It looks as if the policeman is suggesting to the car driver on the bridge that it may not be a good idea to continue!
County Bridge, Mytholmroyd. 1963 - HBC00900
Through the left hand arch of the bridge the Elphin Brook joins the River Calder. The building on the very left of the picture was the Mytholmroyd Co-op.
Floods at Callis Bridge, Charlestown, 1961 - HBC00856
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…
Three Bridges, Hebden Bridge, 1950 - HBC00847
Bridge Mill is on the left, and on the other side of the river is the Rear of Edmondson's paint shop.
Three Bridges, Hebden Bridge, 1950 - HBC00846
The wooden building backing on to the river was Edmondson's paint shop, and the imposing building behind it is the Council Offices.