The building on the right was the Heptonstall Co-operative Industrial Society - built on the site of 7 former cottages on Church Street. The Co-op was established in 1860, in rented premises and moved into a new shop in 1866. Note the glass structure…
The junction of Heptonstall Road and Towngate, Hepton Drive goes off to the left. The Post Office is on the left and the Cross Inn straight ahead. Photograph dated 1972.