Clegg Nook, Mytholmroyd, c1950 - WAO00155
Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Clegg Nook, Minster, Mytholmroyd, Places, Railway, Railway Viaduct, Railways
Undated postcard. Bottom centre is Scout Road leading to its junction with Cragg Road. Bottom left are the railings of the Weslyan Chapel. Running above the top of the buildings is the railway viaduct.
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1950s
Wayne Ogden
PHDA - Wayne Ogden Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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WAO00155.tif
Chairman's Ball, 1958 - ING00133
Chain of Office, Event, Group, Hebden Bridge, People, Places
Hebden Royd Urban District council
Unknown
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
PHDA - Sir Bernard Ingham Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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ING00133.tif
Mixed
Pontefract, 1959 - ING00119
Coal mine, Male, People, People at Work, Portrait
Unknown
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
PHDA - Sir Bernard Ingham Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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ING00119.tif
Pontefract
Gala Queen and her retinue, c1955 - EIL00165
Event, Float, Gala, Lorry, People, People at Leisure
Heptonstall man Nevile Metcalf is driving, he was a driver for the Co-op.
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1950s
Eileen Longbottom
PHDA - Eileen Longbottom Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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EIL00165.tif
Cornholme Methodist Church Dramatic Society c. 1952 - MCR00128
Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Cornholme, Costume, Event, Group, Methodist, Minster, People, Places, stage
"Bed of Roses".
L to R
F. Nuttall (seated), M. Wilson, J. Davies, F. Dean, Bernard Crowther (on settee, Margaret's dad), W. Hindle, R. Bairstow, M. J. Crowther (seated), J. Lightburn
Margaret Crowther
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1952, 1950s
Margaret Crowther
PHDA - Margaret Crowther Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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MCR00128.tif
Cornholme Methodians 1950s - MCR00109
Cornholme, Football, Football team, Group, People, Places, Sport, Sport and Recreation, Trophy
Burnley and District Sunday School League Charity Cup Winners.
Back row - Will Greenwood, Billy Coulton, Stephen Crowther, Gordon Whitehead (trainer), Geoffrey Newham (goalie), Stanley Coulton, Peter Brownbridge, Joseph Jackson (Reserve?).
Front row - Jack Nesbitt, Wally Winter, Eric Brennan, Roy Wadsworth (captain), Norman Stansfield.
Margaret Crowther
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1950s
Margaret Crowther
PHDA - Margaret Crowther Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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MCR00109.tif
Haworth Family with Frances Pollard c1950 - JET00283
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1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00283.tif
Brothers Eddy and George Haworth, 1952 - JET00268
Group, People, Portrait
They both worked as mechanics.
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00268.tif
Walking on Heights Road, 1951 - JET00236
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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English (U.K.)
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JET00236.tif
Eddy Haworth & Margaret Ashworth, 1950 - JET00226
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1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00226.tif
Phyllis Haworth and her mum Margaret Ashworth, 1950 - JET00225
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00225.tif
Picnic at Castle Carr, 3.6.1952 - JET00223
Margaret & Sam Ashworth
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1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00223.tif
Picnic at Castle Carr, 3.6.1952 - JET00221
Buildings, Castle Carr
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00221.tif
Jeanette,Eddy and Margaret Haworth, 1955 - JET00211
with doll Betty Twinkle at Raglan Terrace, Hebden Bridge
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00211.tif
Phyllis Ashworth & Eddy Haworth, 1950 - JET00204
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
Jeanette Thomas
PHDA - Jeanette Thomas Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JET00204.tif
Rochdale Canal in 1950s before restoration. - JGC00118
Canal, Canals, Transport
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
John Greenhalgh
PHDA - John Greenhalgh Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JGC00118.tif
Princess Street in Manchester. 1954 - JGC00110
Canal, Canals, Transport
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
John Greenhalgh
PHDA - John Greenhalgh Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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JGC00110.tif
Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd, 1950 - ALC06378
Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Donald Crossley, Minster, Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd, People, Places, Ted Hughes
The war memorial plaque to the right of the pulpit is now in Scout Road chapel.
Donald Crossley
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1950s
Release form no. A035
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC06378.tif
Aerial View of Hebden Bridge, 1950 - ALC06006
Taken on the approach to Hebden Bridsge, Calder Holmes is very prominent.
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1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC06006.tif
Aerial View of Hebden Bridge, 1950 - ALC06005
Aerial View, Alice Longstaff, Calder Holmes Park, Fairfield, Gas Works, Hebden Bridge, Hebden Bridge Station, Railway, Railways, Rochdale Canal
The railway line runs diagonally across the picture, with Fairfield on the left and Calder Holmes Park on the right.
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1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC06005.tif
Aerial View of Hebden Bridge, 1950 - ALC06004
Aerial View, Alice Longstaff, Hebden Bridge
Taken from the Keighley Road side of the town, Calder Holmes Park is at the top of the picture.
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1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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Birchcliffe Sunday School Rose Queen, 1950s. - ALC05160
Group, People
All that's missing on this delightful bridal scene is the groom - perhaps the little boys at Birchcliffe Sunday School were too shy to take part! The bride, centre, is Vivien Lord and her bridesmaids, left to right, are: Geraldine Whipp, Anne Wilkinson (now Mrs Lomas), Penny Mitchell, Sheila Wrigley, Anne Greenwood (now Mrs Sutcliffe) and Lynne Greenwood (now Mrs Helliwell). The smallest bridesmaid at the front is Elizabeth Snowball.
One of the most delightful of traditions was the annual Rose Queen parade organized by the majority of local church's, which generally took place in the summer and was a highlight of the season for many people. A variation on the theme was held one year by Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, when youngsters from the Sunday School staged a "Wedding" complete with beautiful bride attended by a bevy of utterly charming bridesmaids! The event was captured on camera by Alice Longstaff judging by the background of the photo, at the West End studio which was the setting for so many celebrations both public and private.
Thanks to the bride herself ---- now Mrs Vivian Smith and living in Keighley ---- all in the group have been identified and Mrs Smith believes the event was part of a bazaar at the church which took place in 1950.
Whether or not it was around Easter time she is unable to confirm but with spring the most popular time for weddings in real life, it seems a particularly apt choice for this week. The church now the Birchcliffe Centre and occupied by a number of organizations, would have celebrated the Centenary of the building of the new church next year.
Loaned by Miss Hazel Greenwood.
Second from left is Sandra Lomas, middle is unknown Lord.
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1950s
Ref: AT434
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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St Michaels, Mytholmroyd c1950 - ALC05129
Cemetery, Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Graveyard, Minster, Mytholmroyd, Places, St Michaels Church
The church was built in 1848 in an Early English Style; it was a Million Pound church. The Sunday school, which can be seen on the left, was reduced to one story in the 1970s; this is now the church hall.
Lilywhite Ltd, Brighouse
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1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC05129.tif
Heptonstall from the Air, 1950 - ALC04484
Aerial View, Heptonstall, Places
Taken on the first flight over the Calder Valley. Alice Longstaff was a passenger.
This is the newspaper report of the flight, probably written by Bernard Ingham, who was a cub reporter at the time and was also on the fight:
FLIGHT OVER THE CALDER VALLEY
Now the big moment had arrived. Exposure meters flashed out, film cartons fell to the floor, and cameras were brought out. Everybody went to one side of the aircraft, and it sounded like a slot machine with shutters clicking and the cine cameras whirling. There below was Hebden Bridge, reached in ten minutes from the other side of Bradford, 21 miles away. We flew along the south side of the valley and made a circle from Charlestown to Mytholmroyd. The aircraft was now lifting and falling slightly in the air pockets. Above Mytholmroyd the engines were throttled back, and there was some consternation among the less experienced as the machine dived steeply to 700 feet, then leveling out.
OVER HEPTONSTALL
I had the unique experience of looking down at Heptonstall Parish Church. Going over Heptonstall I noticed a bus in the main street, and two figures waving madly. At Yeadon had been prepared a message, “Love and best wishes to Hebden Bridge”, and this was duly released but has not been heard of yet. After the second circuit the pilot turned the aircraft round, and we circled twice in the opposite direction. At this point the pilot put his head round the door for a consultation, and let the aircraft find its own way. This was not well received by some of the passengers, but the machine appeared to fly as well without the pilot as with him. After the fourth circuit and fifteen minutes over Hebden Bridge the plane turned towards Yeadon.
FLIGHT OVER TOO QUICKLY
A pink blaze of colour was noticed and was recognized as the rhododendrons at Castle Carr, with Fly Flats reservoir in the background; then Ogden reservoir and Denholme were seen, and Bradford appeared in the distance. All eyes were looking for Yeadon. There it was on the port side. We swung round to the head of the runway, slackened speed and reduced height down to 50 feet. This is the most difficult part of flying, and is somewhat exciting. We descended and then felt a slight jar, and we knew we were down. The brakes were applied, and the aircraft taxied to its original position and stopped. So ended a most thrilling and instructive excursion, which had ended only too quickly.
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1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
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ALC04484.tif
The Old Church, Heptonstall, c1950. - ALC04482
Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Heptonstall, Minster, Places, St Thomas a Becket
The church of St Thomas a Becket was built around the middle of the 13th century.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
1950s
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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ALC04482.tif