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New Road, Hebden Bridge, 1950 - HBC00848
On the left is Hope Baptist Church and on right is the number 15 bus from Leeds to Burnley, its destination indicator shows the principal intermediate points on the route - Dudley Hill, Halifax, Hebden Bridge. The winding handle for the destination…
New Road, Hebden Bridge, 1950 - HBC00849
Hope Baptist Church is in the middle of the picture, and Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road is in the distance.
Hollins Place, Hebden Bridge, 1959 - HBC00851
Demolition of the houses of Hollins place is nearing completion. Keighley Road goes off to the right, whilst the White Lion and White Horse vie for business.
Floods at Callis Bridge, Charlestown, 1961 - HBC00856
We have this photo dated 1961, but Jonathan Greenwood comments: “I have a copy of this print because the building in the centre used to belong to my great grandparents, Thomas (Tommy) & Harriet Louisa (Louie) Knight, who ran it as a bakery. They both…
Working Horse in Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC00866
Pictured outside the Dusty Miller this is reputed to be the last working horse on the streets of Hebden Royd, although horses were worked on some farms in the area for several more years.
Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Floods 1954 - HBC00910
Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.
Clegg Nook, Mytholmroyd, 1959 - HBC00921
The junction of Cragg Road, New Road and Scout Road
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1954 - HBC00925
Photo taken from Clegg Nook shows the debris that has been brought down Hall Bank Lane and Scout Road.
The Elphin Brook in Flood, 1954 - HBC00926
Footbridge across Elphin Brook behind the 'Shoulder of Mutton'. The wooden buildings housed Thornber's ducks.
Scout Road Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd, 1958 - HBC00932
Hall Bank Lane goes off to the right, and Mytholmroyd Farm is on the left. Thornber's hatchery can be seen on the left behind the church.
Councillor, Milton Sunderland, and his Lady, 1953 - HBC00968
Chairman and Consort of Hebden Bridge Urban District Council
Councillor H. Lord - HBC00969
Hebden Urban District Council Chairman, 1956/57
Councillor H. Lord, 1956 - HBC00970
Chairman and consort of Hebden Bridge Urban District Council
Westfield Shed, Mytholmroyd, 1957 - HBC01057
Cornelius Giblin, Warp Twister at Greenwood Stell & Sons Ltd.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01106
View across the main road at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road bridge.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01107
View from Caldene Bridge. Properties in Mytholmroyd, including the Dusty Miller Inn have suffered many times from flooding.
Floods at Mytholmroyd, September 1954 - HBC01108
View across the main road from Caldene Avenue at approx 9 am when the water had just covered the road. The car was abandoned by the gentleman who took refuge on the house steps of the house, the car was eventually swept along as far as the New Road…
Midgehole & Lane Ends, c1950 - HLS00219
The building in the foreground is New Bridge Mill which was demolished in the 1950s. Above it is the Lodge at the gates into Hardcastle Crags. At the top of the picture is the war memorial on Smeakin Hill at Pecket Well.