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Above the landmark chimney of Calder Mill on Stubbing Holme.

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These houses are on Foster Lane, Highfield Crescent, known as the frying pan because of its shape, can be seen in the background. The cobbled road runs down to Victoria Road. The small building to the left of the lamppost was for many years a…

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This cobbled path, known locally as the Snicket, was part of the Heptonstall – Halifax packhorse route and originally dropped sharply straight down, passing the front of the White Lion to the Old Bridge and on to the Buttress. Houses on the left are…

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Postcard date stamped May 1916. Looking down the road from the canal bridge; over the river, past the Goods Yard and then over the railway and up to St Mary's Church. The church was built in 1873, closed in 1977 and its 126ft spire was demolished in…

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Looking along Burnley Road in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation trams were withdrawn in the mid-1930s and all the buildings seen here on the left were demolished probably late 1970s.

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Undated postcard but after erection of the War Memorial in 1922. Behind the Memorial is Grange Dean, now site of the Health Centre; note that the main road is still cobbled. The cobbles far right lead onto County Bridge.

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On the left the Hole in the Wall pub and the building on the right over the bridge has been demolished.

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View from Birchcliffe Road down to the junction of Bridge Gate and Keighley Road.

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Congestion at the junction with Commercial Street after road widening. Note the open topped Halifax Corporation tram.

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Road improvements, view before widening. Note the cobbled road with tram lines and power lines above. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in 191/2 and ceased in 1936.

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Halifax Corporation tram in May 1911 just prior to the Hebden Urban District Council road widening improvements. Not much shelter from the elements for the driver. Commercial Street going off to the right.

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On the left cobbles on The Buttress. The building on the right has been demolished. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Viewed from Horsehold Road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The cobbles on the left go to Birchcliffe Road and the buildings in the centre were demolished when Keighley Road and Commercial Street were re-aligned to form a through road about 1960. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel in the distance. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The lady is carrying an enamel jug which suggests she may be going to the pump for water. Possibly early 1920s.

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This Post Card shows the view down Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge, towards West End where the Jubilee Arch can be just made out. Notice the sets making up the road surface. The old bridge is just behind the photographer and Cumberland House is on the…

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Similar photos exist for the same time. This would be a starting point for people visiting Hardcastle Crags. The rear of the picture has the words "Dad & Samson & Twinney" probably indicates one of the drivers and two of the horses. Notice the sets…

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A rare photograph taken sometime between 1890 and 1896 of the Forester's Arms beerhouse, which stood in Brook Street, Luddenden - a footpath which runs alongside the Luddenden Brook linking the north and south ends of High Street. The path commenced…

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One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.

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One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.

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