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Todmorden - Roomfield Baptist Chapel. - RDA00180
Previously based at Millwood, the congregation moved to Roomfield in 1877, nearer to Todmorden Centre. The Chapel was demolished in 1953 due to dry rot and similarly the schoolroom in 1959. A new small Chapel opened at Roomfield in 1962.
National School, Todmorden - RDA00170
Todmorden National School, built on part of the church burial ground, had 153 scholars at the official opening ceremony in 1845. By 1851 this had increased to 294, although this figure included the Sunday School. There were 90 pupils in the day…
Cragg Road, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00184
Postcard with September 1914 postmark. Looking down Cragg vale to Dauber Bridge and Mytholmroyd beyond. In the days of the turnpike Dauber Bridge house, seen here, was a toll house.
Parrock Clough, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd. - WAO00171
Postcard date stamped February 1906.
Luddendenfoot Infirmary Procession 1928. - WAO00166
Luddendenfoot Infirmary Procession, the bridegroom was Billy Walker. 1928
Sunday School Event, 1917 - EIL00160
Back row, 3rd from left James Sutcliffe Smith 1908~1972. Middle row, 4th from right Dorothy Smith nee Lowe 1907~2003. They married. James was brother to Graham Smith's grandfather Thomas Smith.
Bible Tableau, Hope Baptist Church, 1965 - EIL00155
Scenes from the Bible, organised by Mothers of Salem, the ladies of the church. Information provided by Helen Ranton, nee Waterworth, who is the little girl in the centre of the front row. Also included are Doris Horner, Philip and Gwen Shackleton,…
Sweet Stall - EIL00149
I wonder what the event was.
Heptonstall - EIL00136
Possibly sale of produce.
Dawson City, Heptonstall - EIL00121
Named after the town of Dawson City in The Yukon in Canada which experienced the Klondike Gold Rush towards the end of the 19th century, this place, above Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, was well established by the time of the 1901 census.
There were…
There were…
Pace Egg Play, St George's Square, Hebden Bridge - EIL00114
A traditional mummer's play. The Pace Egg Play, performed annually on Good Friday at various venues around Hebden Bridge. Revived locally around 1931and broadcast by the BBC. It's not clear who is in this photo, which is taken in St George's…
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in Heptonstall, 1897 - EIL00109
The procession is going up Smith Well Lane. The banner indicates the Wesleyan Sunday School at Heptonstall. Notice the Union Jack flags from several houses and the decorated arch at the top of Towngate in the distance. Postcard.
Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00104
Children with horse & cart, including evacuees to help with hay making. This is near Slack Bottom and was farmed by Longbottom's. Eileen Longbottom is one of the smaller children inside the cart. Some of the other children were evacuees brought to…
Outing to Hardcastle Crags. - RUD00140
Probably a Church or Chapel Sunday School's day out walking along Midgehole Road towards the Drive into the Crags. The building is the end of Crimsworth Terrace.
The War Memorial, Mytholmroyd - RUD00135
Seen here in its original location, this may well have been soon after the memorial was unveiled on 2nd July 1922. From a stereographic photograph.
Mayoral Sunday 1971 - MCR00132
Procession to Cornholme Parish Church.
F. Mills, Mayor
Councillors: Ellis Scholfield, Eric Dennett?, Bernard Crowther, Albert Marshall, Keith Cockcroft
F. Mills, Mayor
Councillors: Ellis Scholfield, Eric Dennett?, Bernard Crowther, Albert Marshall, Keith Cockcroft
Church Reunion, probably 1950s - MCR00130
Back row L to R
Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield
6th…
Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield
6th…
Cornholme Board School - MCR00127
Taken after 1916 and before 1923. A lot of these pupils came from Robinwood. Sitting front left is Alice Crowther.
Nativity play - MCR00126
Choir (L to R)
Joan Oldfield, Ann Lightburn, Julie Yates, Claire Wilkinson (front), Joyce Brierley, Marylin Yare, Rachel Hodgins, Jean Wilkinson, Susan Hodgins, Pauline Waite, Barbara Lord, Susan Collinge
Shephards: Patricia Boyle, ? Whittaker,…
Joan Oldfield, Ann Lightburn, Julie Yates, Claire Wilkinson (front), Joyce Brierley, Marylin Yare, Rachel Hodgins, Jean Wilkinson, Susan Hodgins, Pauline Waite, Barbara Lord, Susan Collinge
Shephards: Patricia Boyle, ? Whittaker,…
Cornholme Board School c. 1922 - MCR00118
Teachers: Mr J. Briggs and Miss Townsend
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…