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Scout Road Wesleyan Cricket Field 1930’s - STG00118
Showing old pavilion with high scorer’s box.
Tram at Fallingroyd Bridge, c1930 - JNB00558
The sign says Death Trap, there were many accidents here because of the sharpness of the turns on and off the bridge.
The tramcar to Hebden Bridge crossing Falling Royd Bridge is No 107, constructed at the Halifax Corporation Tramways workshops in…
The tramcar to Hebden Bridge crossing Falling Royd Bridge is No 107, constructed at the Halifax Corporation Tramways workshops in…
Proud Trophy winners - KES00161
Jack Bridge cricket club won the cup in 1930. Here are three of the players. From L to R:
Jack Chambers, Clifford Crabtree and Rennie Thwaites.
They are pictured at Hudson Mill with the bottom of Pilling Steps behind the group. Note that they…
Jack Chambers, Clifford Crabtree and Rennie Thwaites.
They are pictured at Hudson Mill with the bottom of Pilling Steps behind the group. Note that they…
Mary Hannah Greenwood Above Reaps - KES00159
Pictured are Mary Hannah Greenwood (nee Speak) and husband Percy Greenwood. They are possibly surveying the new reservoir at Gorple which was completed in the early 1930s. The couple, married in late 1930, are walking along the track above Gorple,…
Reaps Farm, Gorple - KES00154
Probably dating from early 1930s, we see Mary Hannah Greenwood (nee Speak) on the right with an unknown companion. They are on the track above the Gorple reservoir workings, possibly returning to Colden after attending the Blake Dean Chapel…
Frank Thwaites - KES00152
One of the players of Jack Bridge cricket team, Frank Thwaites pictured outside his home at Hudson Mill Cottages (now demolished). This indicates he didn’t neglect the whitening of his cricket boots even though he appears to be off to somewhere…
Roomfield School Class Photo - TAL00546
Information from Robert Pickles:
My mum, Mollie Fielden, born April 1924, is on the front row of girls, 2nd in from the right. Sitting next to her, the girl with the glasses called Marion, was mum’s lifelong best friend. Dad, Stanley Pickles, born…
My mum, Mollie Fielden, born April 1924, is on the front row of girls, 2nd in from the right. Sitting next to her, the girl with the glasses called Marion, was mum’s lifelong best friend. Dad, Stanley Pickles, born…
Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot. - WAO00247
Looking along Burnley Road in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation trams were withdrawn in the mid-1930s and all the buildings seen here on the left were demolished probably late 1970s.
Mytholmroyd General View. - WAO00192
Postcard with April 1935 postmark looking over to Midgley Moor.
Mytholmroyd Scenes. - WAO00129
Undated postcard. The centre picture shows tramlines on Burnley road, trams were withdrawn in 1936.
Mytholmroyd Scenes - WAO00124
Poatcard with1931 postmark. Top left a tram on Burnley Road, they were withdrawn in 1936. Top right Dauber Bridge on Cragg Road and bottom right Hawksclough and bridge over the River Calder.
Mytholmroyd Townscape - WAO00108
Postcard with 1938 postmark. Still a busy small mill town! Scarbottom Mill with its mill dam is to the right of centre, with Thornber's poultry sheds to the left. On the skyline towards the left is Midgley Methodist Chapel.
Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00102
Postcard postmarked 1913 looking in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation Trams came to Mytholmroyd in 1901 and ceased running in 1936.
Lady in Nurse's Uniform - EIL00540
Dated 13 September 1931.
On the Stepping Stones - EIL00141
Hardcastle Crags, possibly 1930s.
Pace Egg Play, St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - EIL00114
A traditional mummer's play. The Pace Egg Play, performed annually on Good Friday at various venues around Hebden Bridge. Revived locally around 1931and broadcast by the BBC. It's not clear who is in this photo, which is taken in St George's…
Lamp Lighter - JET00220
Shown on the right here, Willy was a lamp lighter and "knocker upper" in Shipley in the 1930s.
Evercreme Toffee Works, Brearley - ALC06362
Burnley Road at the top of Brearley Lane was the site of the Evercreme Toffee Works. On every 'Toyplane' toffee was printed a letter from the word 'Toyplane'. When you had collected all the letters you could send in the wrappers in exchange for a…
Stubbings School, Hebden Bridge - ALC06304
Photo taken in the late 30s/early 40s
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
David Walton - ALC05226
David Walton, 1938-1957 Only child of Frank and Olive Walton who ran a Newsagents shop on Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge. David was tragically killed in a motorbike accident, on his way to college in Halifax.
Brass Band in Grounds of Cragg Hall, 1935 - ALC05000
Cragg Vale and Mytholmroyd Public Subscription Band - First appearance in uniform September 1935.
The Construction of Gorple Reservoir - ALC04770
Gorple Lower and Upper Reservoir was completed in 1934 and has a capacity of 227.42 million gallons.
Irene Marshall with baby Judith - ALC04532
Taken in 1937. Irene's father was Herbert Culpan who owned Moderna.
Irene Culpen and Children - ALC04531
Centre: Valerie who became Mrs Kershaw, right Christine. Taken about 1939
Irene Culpen and Children - ALC04530
Centre: Valerie who became Mrs Kershaw, right Christine. Taken about 1939