Taken outside the fire station next to the Council Offices in Hebden Bridge.
Presented to Fireman Frank Thomas by his fellow members of the Hebden Bridge Fire Brigade as a token of esteem upon his retirement after 16 years service. Donated by Hebden…
Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt is standing on the left. He was in the 2/10 Manchester Regiment. He enlisted in 1916 whilst living and working as a printer/compositor in Manchester. His mother and his wife's family lived in Luddenden, where they had…
Wilson Bros Fire Brigade - After numerous disastrous fires at their Cornholme bobbin works (the mill was rebuilt twice following fire destruction), Wilson Bros formed their own fire brigade which also attended domestic as well as mill fires…
The horse-drawn fire tender with its crew are photographed on Rochdale Road before joining a procession, about 1905. The man holding the horse is John Hamer Hollinrake who, in 1911, became the Chief Fire Officer.
The Charter Day procession, 22nd August 1896. The procession, headed by the county police, is passing under the railway viaduct on Burnley Road. The building on the right is Ormerod's Mill.