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ALC00371. Horse and four wheeled trap on Burnley Road below Mayroyd Hall and the old Tythe Barn. The man with the horse is George Wm Thomas son of James Farrer Thomas.

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Alice Longstaff is standing on the bridge, the clog factory is in the background.

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The tram tracks can be clearly seen in the photograph of Fallingroyd Bridge which takes the road over the Rochdale Canal. This bridge was an accident blackspot and was demolished to be replaced by a culverted section of the canal, which allowed some…

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This bend which takes the main Hebden Bridge to Halifax road over the Rochdale Canal was notoriously dangerous.

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Burnley Road at the top of Brearley Lane was the site of the Evercreme Toffee Works. On every 'Toyplane' toffee was printed a letter from the word 'Toyplane'. When you had collected all the letters you could send in the wrappers in exchange for a…

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Halifax Corporation trams reached Mytholmroyd in 1901 and were withdrawn in 1936.

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Taken from "Clough Mill" which was at the bottom of Midgley Road, Mytholmroyd, looking towards County Bridge. Demonstrations were the forerunner of Mytholmroyd Gala.

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Undated postcard but after erection of the War Memorial in 1922. Behind the Memorial is Grange Dean, now site of the Health Centre; note that the main road is still cobbled. The cobbles far right lead onto County Bridge.

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Looking in the Halifax direction with the junction onto County Bridge on the far right. The Halifax Corporation Tramway reached Mytholmroyd in 1901 and trams ceased running in 1936.

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Postcard postmarked 1913 looking in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation Trams came to Mytholmroyd in 1901 and ceased running in 1936.

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Looking along Burnley Road in the Halifax direction. The Halifax Corporation trams were withdrawn in the mid-1930s and all the buildings seen here on the left were demolished probably late 1970s.

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The gentleman with the horse is George William Thomas, son of James Farrar Thomas. The building on the right was the Tythe Barn. It became a pub and restaurant of that name, later changed to The Thirsty Turtle, now a private house. Behind it is…

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In the centre the single storey entrance to the Midland Market Street Station which had been rebuilt and enlarged in 1890 largely to accommodate the increased traffic from the MR’s recently completed independent Anglo Scottish line, the…

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The price of fish, chips, tea and bread and butter is 8d. in the cafe nick named Mrs Cuddys on New Road. It was moved to the canal side on Holme Street and converted into a garage later becoming Southwells Coaches, which later became the site of the…
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