Calder Civic Trust members carrying out improvement works. Standing, Left to right: Barbara Shepherd, unknown, Mr Wignall, Robert Helliwell, Graham Newton, Shirley Jagger, Michael Newton. Seated on ground, left is Philip Longbottom, father of…
The original station here was built in 1846 by the Leeds & Bradford Railway which had been formed to connect the two towns by railway along the Aire Valley. The company was acquired by the MR in 1853 who rebuilt the station seen here and this in turn…
William Barker, credited as the first local manufacturer of ready-made clothing, built most of Market Street. This view, taken around 1910, shows Lello's Dining Rooms with the Post Office next door.