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Undated postcard. The women's dresses suggest that the photo is pre-First World War. Would hitching their dresses above the knees to paddle have been considered risque at the time?

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Postcard with a 1993 postmark but the photo is pre-1904. The weir is upstream from Gibson Mill and it created a popular bathing pool just below. On the right is the mill pond which is fed by the weir.

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Postcard date stamped September 1910. First in a series published by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap fares to Hebden Bridge for trips to its surrounding beauty spots. The promotional message on the reverse…

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Undated postcard. Although the postcard is captioned ‘Old Bridge’ it is in fact New Bridge at Midgehole below the entrance to Hardcastle Crags; the angle of the camera has hidden from view the buildings on the right of the river bank. Old Town Mill…

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Postcard stamped November 1907. On the right is the lodge at the entrace to Hardcastle Crags. On the left above the houses is New Bridge Mill, originally a water powered cotton mill but in the 1890s part converted into Lello's Tearooms to cater for…

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Gibson Mill, Pecket War Memorial. Postcard dated 1991.
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