Crossley Westerman was born in Hebden Bridge in 1861, the youngest of the three children of Henry and Sarah Westerman. Crossley’s father died in 1873 and his mother was left to bring up the family on her own. She opened a toyshop at West End, Hebden…
This shop is on the corner of Crown Street and St Georges Square. The bakery is at Mytholmroyd and there is another shop in Mytholmroyd. See reflection of Carlton Buildings in the plate glass window.
Valet Stores was a feature in Hebden Bridge for more than sixty years under various different owners, first at a Market Street premises and then on Crown Street, as seen here. It closed in 2015 and the shop is now (2019) run as Squeeze, a juice and…