Members of Hebden Bridge Local History Society are about to raise the sunken stone. 26th May 1956. L-R. Frank Horsfall, William Greenwood, Keith Newbitt, Peter Greenwood, Edward Watson, Mr Moses, Bod Gledhill and Harry Lord.
Hazel Hollows, centre, on the day of her retirement, Wednesday 17 April 1985.
Mons Mill, under Volex, was still the largest employer in the area in 1993. Instead of spinning cotton yarn, the new mill workers use their dexterity to thread complex…
Pictures at the lock gates, Manchester. L to R: Winnie Greenwood, ? , Colin Spencer, Joan Helliwell, ? , Fred Helliwell, Terry Wyke, John Cockcroft. Ref: PH14.
Seated in the centre behind the rose bowl is Fred Southwell. In the 1890s Fred lived at Hebble End with his parents and siblings. He moved to Garnet Street then later to Eaves and ended up on Erringden Road at Mytholmroyd.
A troupe of entertainers from St John's Church, Cragg Vale. Pictured after one of their performances in the theatre upstairs in the Sunday School are L to R: Carol Wolstenholme, Jean Smith, Ed Talbot, Pat Farthing, Geraint Harris, Gordon Nelson,…
Women's Junior Air Corp. Seated on the floor, Unknown, Mary Sayer nee Sunderland, Joan Lomas, ?, Lily Sutcliffe, Mavis Smith nee Sunderland. The organisation, formed during the war and run by Mrs Kilner, had a reunion every year until 2014, when only…
The Queen is Jean Smith, nee Baker, maid of honour Nancy Crossley. Page is David Pilling. On the left with baby is Pam Sutcliffe and the baby is Valerie, they lived at New Cragg Vale and had a tarmacadam business on Cragg Road. Next is Mrs…
Jean Smith playing the Queen, maid of honour is Nancy Crossley, page/train bearer is David Pilling. Immediately behind Jean is Eric Hoggard, to his left is Doris Hirst with her husband Kenneth. Top right, boy with glasses is Alan Clayton; lady with…
From left to right- Mary Sayer, Doris Leach, Margaret Sutcliffe, Peggy Longbottom, Joan Lomas, Gail Smith, Mary Stenhouse, Carol Wolstenholme, Mrs Smith, Mrs Ackenley, Mrs Crossley, Dora Brennan
Back row, Joe Sagar, Dennis?, Billy Noy,not known, Fosset Milner, Stansfield Boulten
Front row, Fred Wild, David Dalgleish, Alan Thomas, Fred Sayer, Tim Horsfield.
Billy Noy, Fred Wild, David Dalgleish and Fred Sayer were keepers for Lord Savile,…
Wainsgate Chapel is at Old Town, near Hebden Bridge.
Back row, L to R: Pauline Lumb; Sylvia Butler; Judith Crossley, (her mother was possibly the Choir mistress at Wainsgate); Mabel Pollard; Cathleen Lumb; Bernard Mortimer (nephew of Harry…