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The War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - RUD00135
Seen here in its original location, this may well have been soon after the memorial was unveiled on 2nd July 1922. From a stereographic photograph.
The War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - RUD00134
Seen here in its original setting and soon after the official unveiling on 2nd July 1922. From a stereographic photograph.
Cornholme Board School - MCR00127
Taken after 1916 and before 1923. A lot of these pupils came from Robinwood. Sitting front left is Alice Crowther.
Cornholme Board School c. 1922 - MCR00118
Teachers: Mr J. Briggs and Miss Townsend
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Phyllis Ashworth, 1928 - JET00189
Phyllis was born at Willcroft Cottage, Pecket Well.
Hebden Bridge Agricultural Show - ALC09034
Taking place on Calder Holmes.
View over Hebden Bridge c1920 - ALC06347
The town has changed a good deal since this photo was taken. Several of the mills have gone, along with the Bridge Lane houses, running from bottom left to right. Looking at the Birchcliffe area, centre right, a good many more house have been built.…
Wedding - ALC05356
George and Constance Pickles outside Mytholm Hall where the reception was held. They lived at Highroadwell. The bridesmaid on extreme right is Clara Crabtree. Possibly 1920s.
Wedding - ALC05354
Possibly 1920s
Wedding, 16th June 1927 - ALC05348
The groom was James Thomas Windsor, son of Absolom Windsor, a Nonconformist misiter , and his wife Gertrude. The bride was Dora Thomas, elder daughter of Elton Thomas of Hazelwood, Birchcliffe., owner of Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge, and his wife…
Wedding, 16th June 1927 - ALC05344
The groom was James Thomas Windsor, son of Absolom Windsor, a Nonconformist misiter , and his wife Gertrude. The bride was Dora Thomas, elder daughter of Elton Thomas of Hazelwood, Birchcliffe., owner of Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge, and his wife…
Slack Top, Heptonstall looking east, c1926. - ALC05183
Beyond the cow stands Sutcliffe Cafe used for funeral teas.
The entrance of the Heptonstall grave yard is just beyond the building.
One of George Thomas's sons Edward George Thomas is playing tennis with his brother on the right. EGT who owned…
The entrance of the Heptonstall grave yard is just beyond the building.
One of George Thomas's sons Edward George Thomas is playing tennis with his brother on the right. EGT who owned…
Folly Mill and Cottages, Todmorden - ALC05169
Folly Mill, in Lumbutts Clough. Seen here in a derelict condition, it was demolished in the 1920s. The row of houses was known locally as Mouse Nest.
Todmorden Town Centre - ALC05151
North Street, Todmorden, around 1920 before properties including the tall building near the viaduct – housing a sweet shop, butcher’s, pie and pea café and a hairdressers – and the Black Swan, left, disappeared under a road widening scheme in the…
Hebden Bridge Urban District council, 1927 - ALC05070
In the election of 2nd April 1927, Councillor Varley, aged 60 years, was elected from 19 candidates, with 574 votes. Pictured left to right: Back row: Mr Uttley, Assistant Surveyor; Mr Dearden, Electricity Foreman; Mr Southwell, Outfall Manager; Mr…
Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit. 1925 - ALC05009
The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…
Bridge End, Mytholmroyd, c1920 - ALC05006
The butcher's shop at Bridge End. The gentleman standing 2nd from the left is Harry Ashworth.
Local Fire Brigades - ALC04577
Merry Weather fire engine, named 'Alderman Pickles', of Todmorden Fire Service, heads a parade of engines. Photo taken in Cragg Vale, probably in the 1920s.
On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported:
FIRE ENGINE TESTED,…
On 13 April 1923 the Todmorden & District News reported:
FIRE ENGINE TESTED,…
See-Saw, 1921 - ALC03437
Taken at the north end of Church Street, Heptonstall, by Rev John Vincent Haswell, Vicar of Heptonstall.
The children are L to R: Sarah Alice Wadsworth, Margaret Gill, Mary Greenwood, Richard Greenwood, Geoff Sunderland, Mick the dog, Alice…
The children are L to R: Sarah Alice Wadsworth, Margaret Gill, Mary Greenwood, Richard Greenwood, Geoff Sunderland, Mick the dog, Alice…
Children on seesaw, 1921 - ALC02058
Photo taken at the north end of Church Street, Heptonstall, in 1921 by Rev J.V. Haswell who was vicar at Heptonstall Church in the 1920s. He was an amateur photographer who won numerous photographic competitions in Halifax, Bradford, Manchester…
War Memorial Unveiling - ALC01116
Unveiling the War Memorial at Mytholmroyd, 2nd July 1922. A brass band in attendance. Red Acre gas works can be seen on left. The inscription says: 75 men lost in the Great War. 75 tragic homes. 75 young women without a husband.
Nutclough Mill - ALC00835
Pencil note on back of print says 16.3.25 . Also "In 1952 1/2 ??"
Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622
30th October 1920. An outing of 37 people from the Robin Hood Inn at Pecket Well to Keighley ended in disaster when their charabanc overturned on a bend coming down from Cock Hill to Oxenhope. Five people were killed and four seriously injured. The…