The second policeman from the right is Mark Andrews, PC 123, who was the Heptonstall policeman during and just after the war. He lived at 2 Hepton Drive and had two sons, Peter and Paul (born 1945). The ladies on the left are Miss Shackleton (Nanny)…
Heavy snow had prevented provisions being delivered to Blackshaw Head, so this team is delivering 'relief' supplies to Blackshaw Head Co-op. They have come up Ragley and have just passed Hudson Mill on the way to the Devil's Elbow.
William Greenwood farmed at Owlers Farm, Shackleton Hill, just outside Hebden Bridge, from the late 19th century into the 20th century; he is described as a Dairy Farmer in the 1911 census. At the time of the 1901 census he was employing two farm…
The western terminus of the ‘Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway’ the joint MR/NER station opened with the line in 1865. In 1888 the MR opened a line from Ilkley to Skipton with their own through platforms which were regarded as a separate station from the…