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LYRS 4478 - General view of the 'up' platform, buildings and canopy in 1951 with westbound Stanier 4-6-0 Class No. 45421. The station warehouse to the left and Victoria Mill beyond were demolished in the late 1960s. The sleepers on the platform…

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Taken from the Keighley Road side of the town, Calder Holmes Park is at the top of the picture.

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The railway line runs diagonally across the picture, with Fairfield on the left and Calder Holmes Park on the right.

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Taken on the approach to Hebden Bridsge, Calder Holmes is very prominent.

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One of the earliest settlements in the upper Calder valley is Akroyd which dates from before 1270, the name meaning

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Birchcliffe Road at its junction with Commercial Street. The buildings on the left were demolished in 1959.

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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…

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The stone supports for the trestle bridge can be seen in the valley bottom.

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Bend near Brearley Hall on the Leeds-Halifax-Luddendenfoot A646 Trunk Road, before improvement. Hebden Royd U.D.C. 1950-51 Estimates.

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Bend near Brearley Hall looking towards Luddendenfoot, on the Leeds-Halifax-Luddendenfoot A646 Trunk Road, before improvement. Hebden Royd U.D. 1950-51 Estimates. Top righthandside the 126ft spire of St Mary's Luddendenfoot which closed in 1977 and…

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Some properties on Heptonstall Road have already been demolished, and also some on Bridge Lanes.

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Between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall Road was a busy community, home to so many, yet passed by thousands each year as they travel up or down this busy road and see only a grassy slope with trees and bushes.

This thriving part of Hebden Bridge…

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Some of the Bridge Lanes houses have already been demolished.

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Hebden Royd U.D. Leeds-Halifax-Preston Trunk Road A646, Caldene Bridge-Bridge Gate Reconstruction Scheme. Outside Burnley Road School, Mytholmroyd looking east, before reconstruction. Photo dated 28/4/52.
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