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To the left of the photo the building adjoining the Hebden Bridge Council Offices at one time housed the Hebden Bridge Library, it was removed as part of the Town Hall development, with the official opening of the new Waterfront Hall taking place on…

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Seen through the up-turned market stall, on the left is Astin's sewing shop, site now occupied by the medical centre, and on the right the roof of the mortuary, with Nutclough Mill behind it.

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Folly Mill, in Lumbutts Clough. Seen here in a derelict condition, it was demolished in the 1920s. The row of houses was known locally as Mouse Nest.

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In the foreground is Colden Water, the houses top right are Lower Smithy. Colden school is to the right of the mill chimney

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In the 1960's before Moderna Blankets a company called D.E.Stuttard Ltd made oil fired boilers called 'Desomatic'. R Thomas 01422 846392 as a brass plate which was attached to the boilers. Ref: 037.

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Nutclough Mill is in the centre of the picture, above its chimney is Sandy Gate, with the fields of Old town behind. Birchcliffe Chapel centre right. Source: Barbara Shepherd. Ref: At568BAS.

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c1910. As we come down the hillside and along Heptonstall Road we pass Cross Lane Chapel (United Methodists) on the right of the picture. Further down the road we approach Queens Terrace and Albion Terrace.

On the left of the picture, beyond the…

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Obviously a time of drought judging by the level of the River Calder. It was originally, a water-powered cotton mill and at the time, the largest mill in Charlestown.

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The park is in the foreground and British Furtex in the centre. BT061JTS.

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The goit beside Furtex Mill. The mill has now been demolished and replaced by housing.

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Postcard. Postmark 3 September 1914.

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This was just one of several refreshment facilities at the Crags catering for the vast numbers of visitors who came from the mill towns on both sides of the Pennines. A little below it is Gibson Mill 'entertainment emporium'.

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Unveiling the War Memorial at Mytholmroyd, 2nd July 1922. A brass band in attendance. Red Acre gas works can be seen on left. The inscription says: 75 men lost in the Great War. 75 tragic homes. 75 young women without a husband.

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Old Gate on the left and in the centre is the chimney of Bridge Mill, above it St John's Church and just visible above that the pediment of Birchcliffe Chapel. The buildings on the right have been demolished and a water side walkway over the…
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