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  • Collection: David Fletcher collection

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"Stag Cottage (built c.1580) is a tiny, beautiful and historic Grade II Listed building hidden away in the ancient Pennine village of Heptonstall, just a stone's throw from the Post Office and the two village pubs." (Visitcalderdale.com)

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The monument is a sandstone wayside cross located near the edge of Shackleton Moor. It comprises the separated halves of a massive tapering socle or cross base, each housing a rectangular section shaft. The bevelled tops of the shafts indicate that…

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Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.

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Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.

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A recalcitrant farmer reputedly held out for better compensation and ended up on an island between the two motorway carriageways.

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Heptonstall Slack Baptist Chapel Choir c.1909, taken to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Choirmaster, William Greenwood, nickname William the Singer.

Bottom row from left: Sarah Pickles, unknown, Francis Greenwood who was killed in the First…

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Montrose Buildings, Lee View & Illingworth Villas, Lee Mill Road, Hebden Bridge.

A good example of the famous Hebden Bridge "Top & Bottom" houses, it can be seen from the differing paintwork that the top 2 storeys are in seperate ownership to the…

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Birchcliffe Road, with Eiffel Street the first on the left and Edward Street the second. The date on the stone at the top of this first end house is 1839, and on the end house on the corner of Edward Street, the date is 1899.

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Typical of the town's near unique over and under double decker houses; technically 'Flying Freeholds'.

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Looking up Marlborough Road towards its junction with Birchcliffe Road. The top junction on the left was Industrial Street, now pedestrianised Garden Terraced. Balmoral Street at the bottom no longer has vehicular access to Marlborough Road.

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As part of the Stubbings General Improvemenet Area plan this was pedestrianised and partially landscaped and the lower block of houses on the left demolishe. It was re-named Garden Terraced. Viewed here from Marlborough Road looking down to Cliffe…

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On the right the rear of dwellings on Industrial Street, the lower block has now been demolished and replaced with landscaping and a small car park. Industrial Street was then re-named Garden Terrace. Stubbings School at the bottom.

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David Fletcher giving a talk at the Birchcliffe Centre in the upper floor of the chapel after its first conversion to form a community space. The Birchcliffe Centre received a Heritage Lottery grant to improve the facilities of this upper floor which…

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"Stag Cottage (built c.1580) is a tiny, beautiful and historic Grade II Listed building hidden away in the ancient Pennine village of Heptonstall, just a stone's throw from the Post Office and the two village pubs." (Visitcalderdale.com)

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Calder Civic Trust members carrying out improvement works. Standing, Left to right: Barbara Shepherd, unknown, Mr Wignall, Robert Helliwell, Graham Newton, Shirley Jagger, Michael Newton. Seated on ground, left is Philip Longbottom, father of…
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