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Possibly Mr Collins of Heptonstall by the Old Bridge in Hebden Bridge, taken from Old Gate, March 1970. Stubbings School is in the centre of the picture, and St john's Church on the left.

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Looking along Old Gate and the Hebden Water in the centre of the town towards Bridge Mill. Taken prior to the construction of the Council Offices and St Georges Bridge mid-1890s.

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View down the Hebden Water passed the Council Offices, built 1897, St Georges Bridge, 1893, Old Bridge 1510, West End Bridge 1771. The open land bottom right is now Valley Road and Market Place.

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Old Gate was constructed probably in the 1760s as part of the Halifax - Todmorden Turnpike which entered the town on Commercial Street to the front of the White Lion then left to continue over the Old Bridge and then left again. It ceased to be part…

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The opening of the new Hole in the Wall in 1899. This replaced an earlier Inn which had been demolished a few years earlier and temperance groups unsuccessfully fought to prevent it being replaced.

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Bridge Mill is on the left, and on the other side of the river is the Rear of Edmondson's paint shop.

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The wooden building backing on to the river was Edmondson's paint shop, and the imposing building behind it is the Council Offices.

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The stone building to the right of the bridge has been demolished and the site landscaped with steps leading down to the river. Demolition resulted in the opening up of the bridge's third arch and the creation of a short riverside walkway. The…

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Three John Pickles employees, Tony Summerscales, apprentice foundary pattern maker (on left) Gainger Lee, apprentice centre lathe turner (centre) and Derek Pollard, apprentice fitter, on the right. c1959

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The Hole in the Wall is on the left, Council Offices centre, and the chimney of Bridge Mill to the right.
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