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The butcher's shop at Bridge End. The gentleman standing 2nd from the left is Harry Ashworth.

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Midgley Road, Mytholmroyd. Built at a cost of £2,500, the chapel opened in 1882. Dryrot forced its closure in 1960 and there was a n amalgamation with Scout Road Wesleyan Methodist Church.

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The house is Woodroyd, on Nest Lane, Mytholmroyd. The couple are possibly Harold and Audrey Whitaker, Harold was a farmer and butcher.

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The Baptist Chapel on Midgley. Road has now been demolished.

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The aisled halls of the Halifax region form a unique group within the north of England. Dating from the 14th century they are evidence of the prosperity of the medieval yeoman clothier who wished to demonstrate his wealth by building a large…

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This is Marshall's Repetition Works, Whitelee, Mytholmroyd. Thanks to Douglas Robertshaw for identifying it, he worked there in the 1990s.

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c.1910. Barge on the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd.

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Tram on Fallingroyd Bridge half way between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. The 'S' shaped bridge was an infamous black spot before it was re-aligned and the sign reads DEATH TRAP

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Taken at Pall Mall, now a car park. Watson's mill on the left, now Russell Dean's furniture shop. Postcard.

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c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.

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Looking down on the town and station from the south hillside. This shows how the station platforms are above the valley floor built on an embankment. The single box and buildings on the 'up' Manchester platform are supported on stilts. All now…

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A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…

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Clough Mill is on the right of the picture.

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Mopping up on Burnley Road. The water level can be seen on the shop window.

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Elphin Brook looking downstream from the station.

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The River Calder looking upstream from Caldene Bridge.

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The River Calder looking downstream from County Bridge on New Road with a bus stranded on Burnley Road. St Michaels Church Hall is on the right.

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Looking from Caldene Avenue across the River Calder and the Burnley Road to the Primary School.
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