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Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. - RUD00150
One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
Old Gate Hebden Bridge. - RUD00151
One of the earliest photos of the town looking along Old Gate to the Old Bridge which gives the town its name. The tall chimney of Bridge Mill not yet constructed. Top right the first Birchcliffe Chapel high on the hillside.
Birchcliffe Tennis Club - LMS00100
Tennis was one of the many sports and activities which were a popular feature of Birchcliffe Baptist Church. The only clues to the date and setting of this photo are an address at Wood End, Hebden Bridge, and the signature of Herbert Greenwood on the…
Fisherman's Hut, Hardcastle Crags - EIL00103
This was once a well known spot in the Crags. Postcard.
Haymaking at Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00106
This shows a full hay cart being led into the barn. These barns often had a matching door on the other side so that the horse and cart could pass straight through after unloading.
Hawden Hall. - EIL00107
Author and adventurer William Holt set up a holiday camp, Hawden Hall Holiday Camp and Tea Gardens, in the early 1920's. He ran it for a year before selling out to an ex-soldier.
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…
Hawden Hall is sometimes described as Hebden Hey in the early…
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…
Dawson City, Heptonstall - EIL00121
Named after the town of Dawson City in The Yukon in Canada which experienced the Klondike Gold Rush towards the end of the 19th century, this place, above Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, was well established by the time of the 1901 census.
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Northgate, Heptonstall - EIL00135
The lady is carrying an enamel jug which suggests she may be going to the pump for water. Possibly early 1920s.
Heptonstall Methodist Church - EIL00159
The church is decorated but only with flowers, so what was the event?
Fundraising in Weaver's Square, Heptonstall - EIL00162
Ladies of Heptonstall Methodist Chapel at a village fete in Weavers Square, at a stall with a nautical theme. L to R: Vera Ingham, Marian Greenwood, Eileen Longbottom, Margaret Harwood, Dorothy Smith, Emma Longbottom.
Looking Down on Mytholm - EIL00300
Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall churches can be seen here, also Eaves Mill, Mytholm Hall and Hell Hole rocks
Scouts in Hebden Bridge - EIL00355
Taken in Holme Street
Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge - KEC00101
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel on the hill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive