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Cricket Match at Mytholmroyd - DBC00125
Painting by Donald Crossley
Burnley Road School, 1937 - DBC00121
Ted, in dark clothes, playing the part of a nobleman, is to the left of the bigger boy with the cushion. Last but one girl on the right is Barbara Gibson, she married Russell Dean. A bespectacled Donald Crossley is front left, playing the part of a…
Mytholmroyd House - DBC00120
Ted Hugh's uncle Albert lived in this house with his wife Minnie and daughter Glynis. Albert was a master joiner and in the evenings he would spend time making pull along toy ducks. Albert sadly took his life in the attic. Ted wrote a poem about…
Looking down on Mytholmroyd - DBC00118
Calder High School is on the extreme right of the picture, with Bankfield Estate in the centre.
Mount Zion Chapel, Mytholmroyd, 1950 - DBC00115
The building on the left was the Co-op, to the right of it is No 1 Aspinall Street. Mount Zion Chapel has since been demolished. The bridge over the canal was known as 'Navie Brig'.
Shooting Butts and Churn Milk Joan on Midgley Moor - DBC00112
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Pennine Farm - DBC00110
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Pad Laithe, near Noah Dale, Colden, c1960 - DBC00109
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Raistrick Greave, nr Gorple, c1970 - DBC00108
Possible inspiration for 'Dead Farms, Dead Leaves'
Burnley Road School, 1937 - DBC00107
Coronation Pageant. Ted Hughes is fourth from the left in the back row.
The 'Hen Pens' behind Mount Zion, Mytholmroyd - DBC00106
Inspiration for 'Cock Crows' by Ted Hughes
Mytholmroyd - DBC00105
Inspiration for 'Cock Crows' by Ted Hughes
Churn Milk Joan on Midgley Moor - DBC00104
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Churn Milk Joan on Midgley Moor - DBC00103
Also known as Churn Milk Peg and Savile's Low, this stone is located on Midgley Moor. It is a 6' 9" high stone pillar - probably originally placed as a boundary marker. The stone is claimed to spin round three times on New Year's Eve. It is said to…
Ted Hughes Birthplace at Mytholmroyd - DBC00102
The West Yorkshire house in which the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes was born.
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
No 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd - DBC00101
The house where the former Poet Laureate, Edward James " Ted" Hughes, (17 August 1930 - 28 October 1998) was born. Ted was only 7 years old when he moved with his family to Mexborough in South Yorkshire, but it is widely believed that his early years…