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Bottom right Salem Milll, now the site of the Co-op, and to its left the rear of Salem Chapel and in the lefthand corner is Breck Mill, a flour mill, and above that terrace housing on High Street behind Bridge Lanes; all long demolished. Queens…

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Photo taken at the top of Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge. The road to the left is Heptonstall Road. The houses on the right composed "High Street" which were demolished in the 1960's, being classed as being unfit for habitation.

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The buildings on the right down Bridge Lanes were demolished in the mid-1960s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The junction of Heptonstall Road and Bridge lanes with the 'Fox & Goose'. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The double-fronted shop in the centre was a grocer's shop run for many years by Nancy Swain.

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To the very left is the fox and goose at the bottom of Heptonstall Road. The long row of houses is the back of Bridge Lanes.

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The Methodist Church hall on Market Street is on the left of the picture and opposite it is Hangingroyd Road. St Johns Church and the lower Birchcliffe houses are on the right.

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The mill is Calder Mill, owned at one Abraham Robertshaw. Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road can be seen top right.

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A composite picture showing the steps down from Heptonstall Road. The new Methodist church can be seen top left.

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In the 1960s the houses between Bridge Lanes and Heptonstall road were demolished.

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After the demolition of the High Street and Bridge Lanes houses. The site was left derelict for many years.

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After the demolition of the High Street and Bridge Lanes houses. The site was left derelict for many years.

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Soon after demolition of the High Street and Back High Street houses, c1966. This area stayed derelict for about ten years before it was landscaped.

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Hebden Bridge Brass Band leading a parade down Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge

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The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…
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