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Looking over Mytholmroyd and the flooded playing field at Brearley - BIM00176
The flooded playing field at Brearley is on the left and just beyond it is the moderna Business Park.
Breck Mill, Hebden Bridge - RUD00112
Flood damage to the mill. Not a textile mill but a flour mill on Bridge Lanes, today the site of the Day Centre and car park. Photo taken late 1800s. From a stereographic photo.
Caldene Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Floods 1954 - HBC00910
Are these people just watching the spectacle or are they stranded waiting for the water to recede? The buildings with roof vents are part of Thornber's hatchery.
The Elphin Brook in Flood, 1954 - HBC00926
Footbridge across Elphin Brook behind the 'Shoulder of Mutton'. The wooden buildings housed Thornber's ducks.
Flood in Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00201
The building on the extreme left, formerly the Freemason's Arms, was known as the 'red house', and is now apartments. The next 2 buildings have since been demolished, the next is now a cafe known as No 72 Burnley Road. 1916
Flood, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00127
After the flood at the junction of Moss Lane and Hanginroyd Lane. The building on the left has had many uses: Pentecostal Church, at the time of this picture a school, and later an ice-cream factory.
Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00140
Cleaning up after the flood.
Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00149
Clearing up after a flood.
Portsmouth, Todmorden, 1972 - TNC00156
Clearing up after a flood.
Floods at Callis Bridge, Charlestown, 1961 - HBC00856
We have this photo dated 1961, but Jonathan Greenwood comments: “I have a copy of this print because the building in the centre used to belong to my great grandparents, Thomas (Tommy) & Harriet Louisa (Louie) Knight, who ran it as a bakery. They both…
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00901
Probably taken from the top of the tower of St Michaels'. It looks as if the policeman is suggesting to the car driver on the bridge that it may not be a good idea to continue!
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00902
The aftermath of the floods. The railings and entrance are to Burnley Road School.