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Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd c1900 - WAO00159
Undated postcard. Looking towards Dauber Bridge. The women's dress suggests possibly pre-First World War. Intriguingly the postcard contains some rudimentary re-touching.
Syke's Mill, Brearley, Near. Luddendenfoot. - WAO00154
Postcard with May 1907 date stamp. Correctly called Brearley Mills it was occupied by Levi Sykes & Co (Brearley) Ltd, blanket manufacturers, and was gutted by fire 30 April 1907.
Brearley, between Mytholmroyd and Luddendenfoot. - WAO00153
Postcard with October 1904 postmark. A busy small industrial village at the time this photo was taken, but all the mills have now gone. On the hillside is Brearley House built in 1841 and not to be confused with the older nearby Brearley Hall. The…
Brearley, between Mytholmroyd and Luddendenfoot. - WAO00152
Postcard date stamped October 1908. Looking down the valley towards Luddendenfoot. In the foreground is the Rochdale Canal and behind it the River Calder. Beyond on the right hillside the spire of Luddendenfoot Church which was demolished in 1980, as…
Brearley House, Brearley, Nearr Mytholmroyd. - WAO00151
Postcard date stamped September 1906. The House is not to be confused with Brearley Hall. It was built in 1841 by John Riley, a Halifax worsted manufacturer and merchant, and a major shareholder in the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Hebden Bridge Carnival 1905. - WAO00146
Mytholmroyd Primitive Methodist Sunday School Float with Miss Zilla Robertshaw as Britannia and H. Gaukroger and Annie Redman.
Parrock Clough, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00142
Postcard with November 1906 postmark. As seen here it was a popular beauty spot near Mytholmroyd.
Mytholmroyd c.1900. - WAO00133
Across the lower part of the photo are Mytholmroyd Station and Goods Shed with the structures on the Manchester 'up' line supported on stilts and the platforms extending over the viaduct. In the centre of this photo can be seen St Michael’s Church…
Mytholmroyd Station c.1900. - WAO00126
On the left workmen are repairing the viaduct fence. The platforms not only ran along the viaduct but also extended over the sides, supported by massive iron brackets, hence the reason for fencing instead of the usual stone parapet.
Mytholmroyd Scenes - WAO00122
Undated postcard but the photos appear to date from early 20th century; bottom left image shows the tram lines and the tramway, which reached Mytholmroyd in 1901.
Parrock Clough, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00121
Postcard with 1906 postmark. This shows the bridge over the beck in Cragg Vale.
Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Church Organ. - WAO00120
This church was located on Scout Road, and closed for worship in December 22014. The new organ was consecrated 24th October, 1903.
St Michael's Church Gates, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00119
Postcard with 1906 postmark.
St Michael's Church Interior, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00113
Postcard with 1904 postmark. The foundation stone of the Church was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848. The church was enlarged in 1887 and the following year the foundation stone was laid for a new chancel. Intriguingly the sender…
St Michael's Church and Graveyard, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00112
Postcard with possible 1909 postmark. The foundation stone for the Church was laid in 1847 and the church was consecrated in 1848. The church was enlarged in 1887 and the following year the foundation stone was laid for a new chancel. Distinctively…
Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00103
Looking in the Halifax direction with the junction onto County Bridge on the far right. The Halifax Corporation Tramway reached Mytholmroyd in 1901 and trams ceased running in 1936.
Mytholmroyd Scenes - WAO00101
Postcard with postmark 25 August 1909.
Official Opening of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs - EIL00128
1st October 1907. Group of dignitaries just coming our of the valve house of one of the reservoirs.
Walshaw Dean Lodge. - EIL00127
Originally termed a cottage, the size and elegance of this water keeper's house became a bit controversial during the latter stages of construction of the reservoirs. The foundation stone for the building was laid in May 1903. The large room on the…
Middle Bank & Valve House, Walshaw Dean Reservoir - EIL00126
The reservoir was officially opened in October 1907.
Close up of another crew in train cabin. - EIL00122
This snapshot might indicate this crew were working later in the decade as the format in the early 1900's would have been Post Card.
Crew and visitors on train (Baldersdale) en route from Dawson City - EIL00119
On 5th September 1905, this engine was involved in a tragic accident at Walshaw Dean where the stoker, James Taylor was scalded by steam from the boiler and later died. The engine, driven by John Leech had left the rails and fallen on its side whilst…
Princes Bridge 1905 - JGC00116
Bridge no. 4584.
Bridge over Rochdale Canal - JGC00111
Butler Lane lock, Lock 81, in Miles Platting.
6th April, 1908.
6th April, 1908.