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The storey flats on the left have been replaced with private housing. Snow still in the wall bottoms on Wadsworth Moor.

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The sorting sidings c.1950. Constructed in 1919 they were used to divide coal trains from the Yorkshire coalfields between those for the Manchester direction and those for the Burnley and north west. They operated 24 hours a day until closure in…

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PNH00808. c.1893. Looking over the houses to Nutclough Mill. To the left of the mill is Keighley Road before it vast retaining wall was constructed and above is Eiffel Street with 'the Tower' under construction. The two chimnies right of centre are…

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Looking over from Heptonstall Hillside. Bottom left Foster Mill, centre Hangingroyd Works, centre right Hebden Works with Nutclough Mill above. With the exception of Nutclough Mill most now demolished. Centre left going off at an angle the so called…

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Bottom right Salem Milll, now the site of the Co-op, and to its left the rear of Salem Chapel and in the lefthand corner is Breck Mill, a flour mill, and above that terrace housing on High Street behind Bridge Lanes; all long demolished. Queens…

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PNH00800. Mid 1960s looking over Riverside School up towards Old Town. Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel top left.

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c.1990. Looking over the town of Hebden Bridge. The Marina is in the foreground with to its left the Picture House and Hope Chapel.

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Looking over the site of Foster Mill up to Hurst Road centre top. Foster Lane packhorse bridge centre bottom.

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View over Palace House Road to Mayroyd Mill and Royd House from the north; the Dodnaze housing estate built in the 1950s and 60s above on the hillside.

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Winter view from the north hillside over Hebden Bridge station and Machpelah. Old Town Mill chimney on the skyline

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Righthand corner Victoria Bridge over the River Calder leading up to the large station warehouse which was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. To the front of the station building the demolition site of part of Victoria Mill and above the…

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The easiest feature to identify in this image is the clock tower of the Town Hall top left. The building which has Holdsworth Wool Merchants emblazoned on its front remains today as the Wool Merchant Hotel. The majority of the buildings in the…

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The features identifiable in today's view of the town are North Bridge centre right and the clock tower of the Town Hall top left. The mills and factories in the foreground area have all gone, along with the chimneys and mills.

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Most of the buildings in the foreground of this image have been demolished, along with the cooling towers. And the huge numbers of chimneys here no longer exist, along with the mills they were used in.

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This view over the town is vastly different today. The number of chimneys seen here look really incongruous , but would have been entirely natural when this image was taken. The tower of the Square Church can be seen in the centre with the long,…

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Various views around the town, the Orphanage is now Crossley Heath Grammar School and the handsome Post Office is now closed.

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Various views around the town, with Wainhouse Tower taking centre stage. Legend has it that it was built so the owner could overlook his neighbour.

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Much of the views in this image are largely unchanged today, although Commercial Street and Bull Green have lost the buildings on the left. These were replaced in the 1930s with a more contemporary architectural style. The view to the station is…

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This view is very different today, the main thing being the number of chimneys that have gone, along with many of the mills. The Piece Hall can be seen top centre and the clock tower of the town hall can be seen top right. The quantity of rolling…
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