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Looking Down on Mytholm - EIL00300
Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall churches can be seen here, also Eaves Mill, Mytholm Hall and Hell Hole rocks
Fundraising in Weaver's Square, Heptonstall - EIL00162
Ladies of Heptonstall Methodist Chapel at a village fete in Weavers Square, at a stall with a nautical theme. L to R: Vera Ingham, Marian Greenwood, Eileen Longbottom, Margaret Harwood, Dorothy Smith, Emma Longbottom.
Heptonstall Methodist Church - EIL00159
The church is decorated but only with flowers, so what was the event?
Northgate, Heptonstall - EIL00135
The lady is carrying an enamel jug which suggests she may be going to the pump for water. Possibly early 1920s.
Dawson City, Heptonstall - EIL00121
Named after the town of Dawson City in The Yukon in Canada which experienced the Klondike Gold Rush towards the end of the 19th century, this place, above Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, was well established by the time of the 1901 census.
There were…
There were…
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…
Hawden Hall. - EIL00107
Author and adventurer William Holt set up a holiday camp, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp and Tea Gardens, in the early 1920's. He ran it for a year before selling out to an ex-soldier.
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…
Haymaking at Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00106
This shows a full hay cart being led into the barn. These barns often had a matching door on the other side so that the horse and cart could pass straight through after unloading.
Fisherman's Hut, Hardcastle Crags - EIL00103
This was once a well known spot in the Crags. Postcard.
Birchcliffe Tennis Club - LMS00100
Tennis was one of the many sports and activities which were a popular feature of Birchcliffe Baptist Church. The only clues to the date and setting of this photo are an address at Wood End, Hebden Bridge, and the signature of Herbert Greenwood on the…
Mayroyd Hall, Hebden Bridge - RUD00149
Situated between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. From a stereographic photograph.
Mummified Cat, Heptonstall - RUD00148
In ancient times a cat would sometimes be walled into a house when it was being built, this was supposed to bring good luck to the house - it certainly didn't bring it to the cat.
Colden Valley - RUD00143
Taken from Hell Hole rocks below Heptonstall, the Ragley road, from Mytholm to Jack Bridge, can be seen on the left; the chimney of Lumb Mill is in the bottom of the valley, with Lumb Bank, a former home of Ted Hughes, to the right.
Outing to Hardcastle Crags. - RUD00139
Probably a Church or Chapel Sunday School's day out walking along Midgehole Road towards the Drive into Hardcastle Crags.
The procession has just walked past the end of Crimsworth Terrace.
The procession has just walked past the end of Crimsworth Terrace.