The interior of Walton's Picker Works at Stoneswood Mill, Bacup road, c1910.
With the building of steam factories and the continual improvement in machines, there was a need for supportive trades to maintain production of yarn or cloth. From 1823,…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Walterclough dates back to the 14th century. The hall is on the western hill side overlooking Sunny Vale Gardens and about midway between that resort and…
Taken from above Broadbottom, c1910. On the left of the picture are White Houses. On the right is the site of Caldene, Nest and Stocks estates. Below the wood on the left of the picture is Scout road School, to the right of which is Woodleigh, then…
Early 20th century postcard pre-1910, posted in Mytholmroyd. It was sent by a Mr & Mrs Hargreaves of 23 Hall Gate, Mytholmroyd. Is this them? Sending family postcards was quite common at the time.
Undated postcard. The bridge was built to carry a tramway from Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, to transport materials and navvies to the construction site of Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. The bridge was 700ft long and 105ft above the valley floor. The bridge…
Halifax Corporation tram in May 1911 just prior to the Hebden Urban District Council road widening improvements. Not much shelter from the elements for the driver. Commercial Street going off to the right.
Dickie Dewhirst, proprietor of the Todmorden Herald, outside his shop (now the Border Bookshop), Halifax Road, Todmorden. The last issue of the Herald was published on 3rd April, 1912.
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Once in a secluded situation and surrounded by woods, but now hedged in by buildings and the railway. The hall itself has been scheduled in the 1913 L & Y…
First Motor Fire Engine - Local officials and visitors from neighbouring towns met at the Fire Station on 30th October 1914 to witness the arrival of the new motor fire engine, delivered by Merryweather & Co. of London. Shortly after 2 o'clock,…
Sam, Gracie, nee Hartley, and their daughter Ethel who sadly died of typhoid when only 16 years old. They are all buried in Heptonstall Methodist Churchyard.
Situated on the Long Causeway between Blackshaw Head and Mereclough. Print from old negative. Sign above the door shows man with a gun and dog. The licensee is George Greenwood. PH3F
Keith Stansfield says: I believe the date of this photo is…
L to R: Mary Smith, Thomas Smith, George Smith, Hanna Mariah Smith nee Sutcliffe, and James Sutcliffe Smith. They were living at Chapel House, Northgate, Heptonstall in 1916. Information from George Smith's grandson Graham.
The Royal Electric Theatre' on New Road opened in 1913 on what is now the Memorial Gardens. It ceased as a cinema June 24th 1921 when the present day Picture House opened.