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Celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawsons Albion Mill 1935 - MOT00411
Weavers celebrating the Silver Jubilee at Dawson's Albion Mill, May 1935. Dawson's had just acquired a new flag for the occasion. The names are, back row, left to right: Mrs Barker, Maud Walton, Blanche Waddington, Kathleen Marshall (behind),…
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Charlie Crabtree's, Todmorden - DEP00360
The wagon is dressed up for the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in May 1935.
Percy Pollard, in flat cap, was the steam engine tenter. The wagon would be loaded with calico made at 'Old Charlie's Crabtree's'
Percy Pollard, in flat cap, was the steam engine tenter. The wagon would be loaded with calico made at 'Old Charlie's Crabtree's'
Colin and Peter Greenwood, c1938 - ALC06105
Colin is on the left. He was born in 1936, 2 years after his brother . The family lived at 5 Eiffel Street, Hebden Bridge. Peter went to live in Australia and died there in 2016.
Cone Winding at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00144
Amy Newbitt at work.
Couple, man in uniform - ALC00650
This is my aunt and uncle Lillian Mason and Jimmy Tupman. They were married in 1937.
Cragg Road, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00225
On the left is the Sportsman Inn which closed many years ago and now a private house. On the right, by the lamp post, is the road down to St John's Church, and the Hinchliffe Arms. In the centre is the Board, ie Council, School. The car has a…
Cutting at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00132
Archie Wild of Netherwood.
Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.
Cylinder Sizing Machine at Nutclough Mill, 1930 - CWS00115
The machine was manufactured by Howard & Bullough in Accrington, Lancashire. Founded in 1851, the company was a major manufacturer of power looms in the 1860s.
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.
DC Generators - HLS01013
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
DC Generators - HLS01014
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
Demolition of Law Mill Chimney - MOT00505
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government introduced help for authorities to start a housing programme. This…
Dorothy Holt - ALC04287
The certificate at the front shows that Dorothy won first prize at the Lytham St Anns musical Festival, June 1937, in the violin solo class.
Dorothy Holt - ALC04288
The certificate at the front shows that Dorothy won first prize at the Lytham St Anns musical Festival, June 1937, in the violin solo class.
Doubling at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00139
These machines are ring doubling frames, made by Howard & Bullough Ltd, Globe Works, Accrington, the world's largest maker of ring frames. They are making a folded (two or more folds) yarn. Bobbins from the bobbin winding frames are placed in the…
Drawing Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00120
This is in the cardroom and shows the back of a slubbing frame. The sliver cans in the foreground have come from the drawframes (not shown in this picture). The drawframe sliver is passed through the roller drafting system, which reduces the weight…
Evelyn Greenwood with daughter, Mavis - ALC04508
Evelyn, nee Casrling, lived in a cottage called Goosegate, situated near Callis Wood. As a teenager she married Ernest Greenwood, in the late 1930s, and they went to live in Walsden. She had a sister Ada Alderson who lived in Garnet Street.
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…
Family Group - ALC01373
L to R: John Hubert Hunt, his sister Majorie (later Cliffe), their maternal grandmother, cousin Margaret. Grandmother was Sarah Sunderland and she lived in Garden Square. The cousin was called Margaret Sunderland. She also lived in Garden Square…