One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
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.
Today the site of Hebden Hey Scout Hostel. In the 1890s it became Thornton's Tea Rooms and campsite and later converted into Cosy Corner Guest House and Cafe with camping. The gentlemen probably some of the large number of visitors who came to theā¦
Boating was a popular activity on the mill pond at Gibson Mill and also, seen here, on Lord Holme Dam a little above the mill pond on the other side of the river.