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Floods at Mytholmroyd - ALC00470
East Parade, Mytholmroyd. 1940s. The man on the right is Wilfred Dempsey
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00901
Probably taken from the top of the tower of St Michaels'. It looks as if the policeman is suggesting to the car driver on the bridge that it may not be a good idea to continue!
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00902
The aftermath of the floods. The railings and entrance are to Burnley Road School.
Football Team, 1947/48 - ALC00870
Back row L-R John Langan, Roy Patrick, David Greatorex, Seth Marney, Unknown, ? Webster, Geoff Woodhead.
Front row L- R Denis Rapier, Nick Helliwell, Unknown, Unknown, Bernard Ingram,
Seated: John ?
Front row L- R Denis Rapier, Nick Helliwell, Unknown, Unknown, Bernard Ingram,
Seated: John ?
Foster Lane Area, Hebden Bridge - HBC01115
Possibly early 1940s as the tennis courts have been given over to chickens.
Four men on at gate at Greenwood Lee Farm - EIL00646
Taken from the yard of New Greenwood Lee Farm, Widdop Road, Heptonstall. Second from the right is David Fletcher.
Frank and Nellie Thwaites - ALC01735
Nellie (née Mitchell) sister of Doris, Annie, Emily and Alice of the New Delight Inn, Colden. She and Frank were married at Heptonstall Church in 1942.
Girl's Hockey Team, 1949-50 - ALC00914
Standing L to R: Lillian Southwell, Barbara Jones, Margaret Robertshaw , Sheila Scott, Joyce Bricknell, Wendy Casson, nee Marshall, Beryl Stocks. Middle row, L to R: Eileen Mortimer, Constance Jackson, Sheila ? , Jean Walmsley, Eileen Sayer. Front…
Gravestone of James Speak - LLG00141
Father of Alice Longstaff nee Speak, he is buried at Slack cemetery. Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of JAMES SPEAK, LEARINGS, HEPTONSTALL. DIED 24TH FEBY 1947 AGED 79 YEARS
Gravestone unknown location - LLG00157
Engraving"In Loving Memory of Granville, Son of Frank & Effie Crossley, Born Sept 29th 1905, Died Feb 25th 1906, Also of Winifred, Their Daughter, Born August 24th 1908, Died April 19th 1927. Also of Muriel, Their Daughter, Born Sept 16th 1912, Died…
Group of Servicemen, c1940 - JET00275
Briscoe Haworth, born 13.5.1924, is on the left on back row.
Halifax - Panorama of Station & Town - LYR00164
LYRS 2691 - An extract from an 1873 lithograph giving a rare view of the 1855 Station before it was extensively enlarged and modified in the mid-1880s. Access to the Station was by a curving carriage drive which is just discernible here turning down…
Harry Haigh - ALC04401
Harry died 27.5.1956, aged 53. He was a teacher and Superintendent at Wainsgate Baptist Sunday School. This portait is hanging in the ground floor lobby at Wainsgate.
Hebden Bridge 1946 - ALC00382
The great flood of September 20th 1946. Hebden Water and the Old Bridge. Taken from St Georges Bridge, the Council Offices are on the right.
Hebden Bridge 1946 Flood - ALC00379
St Georges Square, left, and Bridge Gate right. The shop was Elton Jowett's tobacconist shop, his house was next door, and the shop on the corner behind the van was the Economic Stores. The wooden hut on Bridge Gate was Ma Jones'.
Hebden Bridge 1946 Flood - ALC00380
New Road and the Picture House.
Hebden Bridge 1946 Flood - ALC00381
Market Street looking towards Bridge Lanes and the chimney of Calder Mill.
Hebden Bridge 1946 Flood - ALC00383
Albert Street looking down to Crossley Mill on New Road, with the Albert Hotel on the right and Croft Mill on the left. The floods of 1946 were generally regarded as the worst of the 20th century. Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, was among the areas…
Hebden Bridge 1946 Flood - ALC00384
Hope Street. The building with the gabled porch was for many years the Police Station.