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.
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…
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.
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield
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
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)