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St George's Square, Hebden Bridge. Bridge Mill and the White Lion on the left and Stubbings School behind. See also ALC00364

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The sculpture, by Mike Williams, is of a “fustian knife”, which also serves as a giant sundial gnomon (shadow caster). Fustian knives were used in the manufacture of corduroy, a fabric for which Hebden Bridge was known throughout the world.

The…

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Keighley Road is in the foreground, at its junction with Albert Street. April 2009.

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Ada Arden, on the right, taken outside Hymans Corner Cafe in the Square, Hebden Bridge.

Ada was mother-in-law to Derek Pollard and she and her husband were Aunt and Uncle to Dorothy Hyman, who was an Olympic athlete in the 60s.

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The holly tress are still there (2014) but the inn has gone and the area is now a car park The water tower, seen here on the top on the left hand building on the corner of St Georges Square, has since been removed. Hangingroyd House can be seen part…

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There had been an inn on this site since 1851. The White Horse Hotel closed its doors 1960 and was demolished in 1962, the site is now a car park. There are two holly trees and these still remain.

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Due to the increase in the weight of traffic many bridges had to be strengthened around this time.

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Looking across St Georges Bridge, built 1893, to the Square and the large Co-op building with its clock tower. The building on the right on Blackwater Street was demolished to make way for the Council Offices which were built in 1897.

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On the site of the ancient manorial corn mill and facing St George’s Square, where every Good Friday the local Pace Egg Play is performed, stands Bridge Mill. The present building dates from the late 18th century and was extended in the 1820s when a…

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View of Garden Street in Hebden Bridge, August 1973. The top and bottom houses have been demolished but work to create a carpark not yet undertaken. The chimney of Bridge Mill and roof of the Council Offices are in the foreground.

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The white painted pub is the Shoulder of Mutton, behind which is the decorative end of the Council Offices. The chimney is on Bridge Mill, and behind the shop with the blind, for many years Bonsall's hardware sop, is Linden Mill..
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