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Looking down Hebble Bridge towards Market Street, and the end of Hangingroyd Road. Queens Terrace is on the hillside above.

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The large building in the centre of the picture, beyond the shops, is Salem Methodist Church. The building far right is Brecks Mill. Salem was replaced by the present Methodist Churci in the mid-1970s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…

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Picture taken before the Salem Methodist Church (left of centre) was demolished. The large building to the left is Melbourne Mill and just behind can be seen the former Neptune Inn.

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Salem Methodist Church is on the right long demolished and replaced with a smaller chapel and meeting room.

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The new Methodist Sunday School is in the process of being built with Salem Chapel to its left. The large building to the left is Melbourne Mill prior to its demolition (illegally, at 6 am on a Sunday morning without planning consent) to make way…

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Salem Sunday School on Bridge Lanes can be seen not long before its demolition c1962. At the top of the picture Hebble Bridge can be seen with the start of the roads to Fairfield to the left and Horsehold to the right.

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1962. Salem Methodist Chapel on Market Street opposite Hangingroyd Road. Built in 1885 it was demolished in 1973 and replaced by the present Methodist Church.

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The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…

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Bottom right Salem Milll, now the site of the Co-op, and to its left the rear of Salem Chapel and in the lefthand corner is Breck Mill, a flour mill, and above that terrace housing on High Street behind Bridge Lanes; all long demolished. Queens…
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