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Hebden Bridge Station - WSC00155
A famous photo of the station area about 1900. Bottom right the Municipal Gas Works at Crow Nest, above it Mayroyd Mill and then the five storey Victoria Mill with the small station dwarfed by it and the large station warehouse on the other side.…
Linden Place, Hebden Bridge - WSC00153
Behind Hangingroyd Lane.
Birchcliffe Hillside, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00152
Taken from the Old Bridge looking towards the Birchcliffe hillside with Bridge Gate is in the foreground. The building with the corrugated roof was for many years Albert Fielden's bookies shop whilst on Bridge Gate the building with the shutters at…
View over Hebden Bridge - WSC00151
Taken from Horsehold, before the demolition of High Street and the north side of Bridge Lanes in the mid-1960s. The flats at Mytholm, bottom left corner, built in 1968 still look very new. Old Town and mill along the top hillside.
Hebden Bridge Double Decker Houses. - WSC00150
Rear of the 'top and bottom' terraced houses on Bridge Lanes with the River Calder on the left.
Old Farm Machinery, Erringden Moor, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00149
To the right of the tree Heptonstall Church is just visible.
Erringden Hillside, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00148
Looking up in the direction of Stoodley Pike which is off the photo to the right.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00147
Rear of Oldfield Watson's yard on the left, Crossley Mill Terrace and Machpelah beyond. The buildings on the canal bank up to the old chimney were all demolished in 1984 to make way for the new Marina. The chimney remains by the boiler house itself…
Farm in the Snow - WSC00146
Hollin Hall, Crimsworth Dene looking down towards Midgehole.
Linden Mill, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00143
The mill behind Hangingroyd Lane is now known as the Artsmill founded in 2003. Originally it was a purpose built clothing factory, c.1905, producing ready made fustian garments, that is heavy cotton workware such as corduroys and moleskins for which…
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00142
Sketch or pencil drawing showing Buttress in a state of dereliction prior to demolition mid-1960s.
Dereliction, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00141
Most likely part of Buttress Brink on Old Gate prior to demolition in the mid-1960s just prior to demolition. This shows the labyrinthine nature of the walkways, balconies and alleyways at the rear of the many dwellings that made up the Buttress.
Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge - WSC00140
The mill on New Road and next to the Rochdale Canal was destroyed by fire in December 1964 but by that time it was used for storing Moderna blankets. All that was left was the boiler house, seen here, but that too was subsequently demolished and…
Hebden Bridge Houses - WSC00139
These houses are on Foster Lane, Highfield Crescent, known as the frying pan because of its shape, can be seen in the background. The cobbled road runs down to Victoria Road. The small building to the left of the lamppost was for many years a…
Oldfield Watson's Yard, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00135
This is an old Ruston Bucyrus Dragline crane that my father Douglas Watson bought from Hydrocon of Littleborough to build the Buttress Brink retaining wall in 1968.
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00126
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress, seen here from Bridgegate, were demolished in the mid-1960 as unfit for human habitation.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00125
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation. Viewed here from The Buttress looking to the Old Bridge with The-Hole-in-the-Wall on the left.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00123
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid-1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00122
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid-1960s as unfit for human habitation.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00121
Black Pit Lock prior to restoration in the mid-1980s. On the right the Central Dye Works is now apartments with an extra storey added. This shows the aqueduct which carries the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder.
Machpelah Works, Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00120
The Rochdale Canal and towpath prior to restoration in the mid-1980s with Machpelah on the left and Princes Bridge on Station Road.
Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00119
On the left is Croft Mill with its chimney and behind the chimney is Zion Particular Baptist Chapel. Running down the centre of the photo are the 100 Steps from Marlborough Road to Commercial Street. The houses on the right are the rear of Crossley…
Demolition of Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00116
The tenements at the bottom of the Buttress were demolished in the mid 1960s as unfit for human habitation.