NEW or WEST END BRIDGE, Hebden Bridge, was built about 1772 and has two arches of stone. It takes the main Lancashire road over the Hebden tributary of the Calder. An entry in the Todmorden Turnpike Trustees' records shows that on July 30th, 1835 the…
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?
Springside 1910 - This view overlooking Springside provides a splendid record of the mills, which once dominated this part of the valley. In the foreground, lying between the river and the Rochdale canal is Nanholme Mill, which was used primarily for…
The River Calder snakes its way through the picture, with the Rochdale Canal on the left initially and then on the right. Note the funfare in the Community Centre carpark.
The building on the lower right of the picture was originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School, now Riverside Junior School, whilst towards the bottom left is the imposing Central Street School. On the Birchcliffe hillside the destinctive arches of…