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View of Hebden Bridge - ALC00984
Hope Baptist in centre foreground
Pecket Well - ALC00843
Postcard. 1960s.
View over Colden, Jack Bridge Mill - ALC00838
An early steam powered mill, built in 1861 by Colden Cotton & Commercial Company Limited, was the last to be built in the Colden Valley. It was demolished in the 1970s following a fire. Colden School can be seen left of centre. On the very left of…
Nutclough Mill - ALC00835
Pencil note on back of print says 16.3.25 . Also "In 1952 1/2 ??"
Colden Valley - ALC00832
The chimneys of Lumb Mill show above the trees, with Lumb Bank in the centre of the picture, and top left the houses of slack. Postcard, published by Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse
Birchcliffe - ALC00830
pencil notes on back "RGS in 2/1952 BS of plates Marked on base"
Jack Bridge Mill, Colden - ALC00820
Postcard, published by Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse. Colden School is on the left hand side. The row of cottages in the foreground on the right are called High Street. Towards the left at the top of the picture is Highgate Chapel.
Grange Mill Chimney - ALC00819
Grange Mill chimney was a towering landmark in Mytholmroyd until 1898 when it was demolished in spectacular style.
A newspaper report at the time stated: "Crowds gathered in Mytholmroyd in 1897 to watch the fall of a giant. As it tumbled the…
A newspaper report at the time stated: "Crowds gathered in Mytholmroyd in 1897 to watch the fall of a giant. As it tumbled the…
Lower Colden Valley - ALC00811
Lumb Bank at Top and below the chimney of the demolished Lower Lumb Mill.
Mytholm - ALC00808
Mytholm Hall in the foreground, with St James church behind, and Eaves Mill behind that. Heptonstall church is on the sky-line
Lumb Mills, Colden Valley - ALC00806
Postcard. Handwritten note on bottom of postcard says 'oft have I wandered here in solitude, and gazed with rapture, upon the glorious surroundings - Chas (?)
Gibson Mill - ALC00804
Postcard. Addressed to Mrs Ada Helliwell, sent c/o address in Birkby, Huddersfield, by her husband Jim
Lee Mill, from Midgehole Road - ALC00800
Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking past Lee Mill; demolished about 1970 but by then no longer used as acotton mill. Peckett Well War Memorial on the skyline. Postcard
Colden Valley Mills - ALC00793
Higher and Lower Lumb Mills, Lumb Bank in foreground
Jack Bridge Mill, in the Colden Valley - ALC00787
Jean Forrest Recalls
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Painting of Mill - ALC00627
Calderside Mill and Whiteley Arches. When it was built in 1842, at 300 feet the chimney was said to be the tallest in the area.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC00504
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge, c1870 - ALC00503
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture. The bridge was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1932
St Georges Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC00498
Shows the old property on Old Gate where the Council Offices now stand.