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Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden - MOT00173
Woodhouse Mill, seen from the towing path of the Rochdale Canal, c. 1906. The three-storey terrace of houses was called Bank View. The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom…
Wilson Bros Bobbin Works Day Out - TAL00444
AN 70081389
White House, Blackstone Edge. - WAO00208
Undated postcard. At the summit of Blackstone Edge and anecdotally built to have a view of Yorkshire from one side and Lancashire from the other.
Walkers - DEF00191
Location unknown, but are they planning the next Civic Trust task? Michael Newton is on the right.
Wader's Corner, Hardcastle Crags Hebden Bridge. - WMH00699
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?
Victoria Road Playground, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00261
Looking over the playground and across the the river to Shepherd's wagons parked on the former yard and demolition site of part of Hangingroyd Mill. One of the derelict mill buildings in the centre and another far right.
Underbank Hall, Charlestown - TAL00421
AN 70082786
Tommy Sutcliffe's Trousers, One Year Celebration, 1984 - DAH00146
. Previously They were originally at Redman's Scarbottom Mill, but that burned down so they moved to Moderna Estate, Mytholmroyd
Thorntons Tea Rooms, above Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01055
Undated Postcard. Originally Hebden Farm but by the 1890s the occupiers, like several others in and around Hardcastle Crags, had started providing refreshments for the thousands who visited the ‘Beauty Spots of Hebden Bridge’ and it then became known…
Theiveley Farm, Holme, Cliviger - TAL00479
AN 70081590
The Weir, Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00507
Postcard with November 1906 postmark. The weir upstream from Gibson Mill and the pool it created was a favourite bathing spot below Greenwood’s ‘The Chalet’ tearoom, which is just visible through the trees.
The Weir, Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH00521
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.
The Thinker - DTA00258
Crown Point, above Heptonstall
The Tennis Court, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp, Hardcastle Crags, He - WMH01102
Undated postcard. Hawden Hole is situate on the south Hebden Dale hillside on today’s Lee Wood Road between Midgehole and Hebden Hey and above the lower part of Hardcastle Crags. It was the site of the locally infamous murder of Samuel Sutcliffe in…
The Summer House - RUD00138
Can anyone identify? From a stereographic photograph.
The Pavilion Stepping Stones, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00957
Postcard with April 1912 postmark. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river,…
The Pavilion and Stepping Stones, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridg - WMH01019
Undated postcard. One of four sets of stepping stones at Hardcastle Crags three of which are still useable when the river is low. The Pavilion Tearoom, about 250 metres downstream from Gibson Mill on the opposite bank of the river, was one of…
The Lovers Walk, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01128
undated postcard.
The Charter Day Procession, 1896 - MOT00465
The Charter Day procession, 22nd August 1896. The procession, headed by the county police, is passing under the railway viaduct on Burnley Road. The building on the right is Ormerod's Mill.
The Chalet, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00582
Undated postcard but this photo appears on another card date stamped August 1910. Just a short way up The Drive from Gibson Mill was John and Emma Greenwood's 'Hardcastle Chalet' tearoom; behind it was the river and the pool created by weir was a…
The Chalet, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00563
Undated postcard. John and Emma Greenwood's 'Hardcastle Chalet' tearoom was just a short way up the Drive from Gibson Mill and was one of several refreshment facilities on either side of the valley catering to the thousands of visitors who came to…
The Chalet, Hardcastle Crags c1900 - ALC06320
One of the many tea rooms in Hardcastle Crags.
