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Walking up Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge - WMH00102
Undated postcard. Visitors walking up Keighley Road to Hardcastle Crags from the railway station early 20th century. All in their Sunday best for a day out in the country! At weekends and particularly at holiday times visitors to Hardcastle Crags and…
Midgehole Road, Hebden Bridge - WMH00104
Looking up Hebden Dale towards Hardcastle Crags. Below the road is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill that was demolished in the 1970s. On the hilltop is Pecket Well War Memorial.
Lee Mill and Hebden Vale, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00107
Postcard with June 1939 postmark. Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking along Midgehole Road past Lee Miil, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s. On the skyline is Pecket Well War Memorial.
Hebden Valley, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00123
Undated postcard. To the right of centre is Lee Mill, a former cotton mill demolished in the 1970s, and above it Midgehole Road to Hardcastle Crags. Just discernible to the mill's left amongst the trees is the chimney of Midgehole Upper Mill or…
LY&R Postcard, Series 2 of Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00126
Postcard date stamped September 1917. Second of a series published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap rail fares to Hebden Bridge for Hardcastle Crags. The promotional text on the reverse of the card…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH00136
Postcard stamped November 1907. On the right is the lodge at the entrace to Hardcastle Crags. On the left above the houses is New Bridge Mill, originally a water powered cotton mill but in the 1890s part converted into Lello's Tearooms to cater for…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH00139
Postcard date stamped June 1906. Looking down the valley in the direction of Hebden Bridge. The entrance to Hardcastle Crags was a short distance to the left. The large lettering on the building on the right would have been visible from the entrance…
Looking down Hebden Dale towards Old Town, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00144
Undated postcard. Although the postcard is captioned ‘Old Bridge’ it is in fact New Bridge at Midgehole below the entrance to Hardcastle Crags; the angle of the camera has hidden from view the buildings on the right of the river bank. Old Town Mill…
Refreshment Facilities, New Bridge, Midgehole, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00150
Undated postcard but possibly 1920s. It shows a number of refreshment facilities at New Bridge, catering for the vast number of visitors to Hardcastle Crags. First on the right is Crossley's Tea Rooms and next to that New Bridge Mill which first…
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH00151
Undated postcard. Looking up the valley to Hardcastle Crags. On the left is Midgehole Lower Mill and to its right Midgehole Upper Mill or Dyeworks.
Hebden Valley, Hebden Bridge - WMH00158
Undated postcard. Looking down the valley towards Hebden Bridge with Lee Mill and the mill dam, to its left is Lee Mill Road and left of that Midgehole Road. Heptonstall Church is on the skyline. Lee Mill was a former cotton mill and was demolished…
New Bridge, Midgehole from Heptonstall - WMH00169
Undated postcard. Looking up Crimsworth Dean. Below centre is the Lodge and entrance to Hardcastle Crags with the drive through the Crags going off to the left. Bottom left is New Bridge Mill a former water powered cotton mill part of which became…
The Hebden Valley - WMH00183
Undated postcard. The road up the Crags from Midgehole climbs along on the right and in the centre is the dam (no public access), near Hawden Hole, which served New Bridge Mill at Midgehole. Above the dam and in a clearing is Thornton’s Tea…
New Bridge, Midgehole, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00194
Undated postcard. Looking up Crimsworth Dean with Midgehole and New Bridge Mill bottom centre of the picture and the Lodge and gates to Hardcastle Crags above.
General View, Pecket Well from Heptonstall - WMH00200
Undated postcard. Looking across Hebden Dale with Peckett Well top left and Midgehole Upper Mill or Dyeworks in the centre of the picture.
The Lodge, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00208
Postcard with August 1925 postmark. Looking over New Bridge, Midgehole, up to Crimsworth Dean. Bottom left the roof of New Bridge Mill, a former water powered cotton mill, and centre right the entrance to the Crags.
Heptonstall from Pecket Wood, Nr Hebden Bridge. - WMH00209
Undated postcard. Lee Mill, demolished 1970s, bottom left and Heptonstall Church a landmark on the skyline.
Postcard of Hardcastle Crags - WMH00215
They say you can't believe everything you read in the papers, the same applies to postcards! A similar view is captioned Colden Valley, but even that is not right, this is looking up the Crimsworth Valley, with Hollin Hall Farm right of centre.