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Water Keeper's House, Walshaw Reservoir - ALC04463
Originally described as a cottage, this was rather a controversial building due to its size and grandeur. The foundation stone was laid in May 1903.
Top Pump, Heptonstall, c1900 - ALC02561
Four public pumps stood in Heptonstall. This is one of the few surviving and best preserved in Yorkshire.
World War 1 Recruits at King Street, Hebden Bridge - ALC02142
Recruits lined up near Stubbing Wharf before marching to Eastwood Station for the train to Halifax.
The Stubbing Wharf Hotel was built by the Foster family in 1800 and by 1810 was serving both the canal and the road. In 1900 the hotel was enlarged…
The Stubbing Wharf Hotel was built by the Foster family in 1800 and by 1810 was serving both the canal and the road. In 1900 the hotel was enlarged…
Carriages outside The Old White Lion Hotel, 1907 - ALC01453
From Mrs Carol Mosley (nee Astin). Some detail as to the people shown in the photographs might be useful. The four people seated in the 'landau' are my great grandparents on my father's side. On the left are John Astin (then a fustian manufacturer in…
Carriages outside The Old White Lion Hotel - ALC01451
Probably 1907. Benjamin Sykes, landlord, is standing in the doorway of his hotel.
Towngate, Heptonstall c1900 - ALC01412
This is Towngate, Heptonstall around 1900.
Group outing - ALC01378
Possibly c1900. Beautifully posed, even to the pieces of fern in the foreground.
The Start of a Walking Match at Thwaites near Keighley - ALC01303
From Pennine Magazine, Vol 2, No 5, June-July 1981:
In 1903 as part of the Keighley Gala a walking match took place. It was a robust occasion with publicans of the vicinity donating something to nearly everybody: H. Town of the Star of Steeton…
In 1903 as part of the Keighley Gala a walking match took place. It was a robust occasion with publicans of the vicinity donating something to nearly everybody: H. Town of the Star of Steeton…
Trains on trestle bridge at Blake Dean - ALC00990
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - ALC00985
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Top o'th Town, Heptonstall c1900 - ALC00890
The shop on the right was both grocers and a drapers, run by Arnold Sunderland, Auntie Parker, Edith and Emma (Anna).
The boy is Charles Taylor.
In the centre (driving horse and cart?) is Arnold Sunderland, Gerald Sunderland's uncle.
The photo…
The boy is Charles Taylor.
In the centre (driving horse and cart?) is Arnold Sunderland, Gerald Sunderland's uncle.
The photo…
Parrock, Mytholmroyd - ALC00845
Postcard. 1900s.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, c1902 - ALC00842
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
Railway to Walshaw - ALC00833
Holme End barn in the centre of the picture. The railway line was used during the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Sandy Gate, Wadsworth - ALC00805
Postcard. Pencil note on back says circa 1880 - 1900 .
Tin Tabernacle, Hebden Bridge - ALC00626
Situated in Unity Street, Hebden Bridge, the Tin Tabernacle was built as a Wesleyan Mission and opened in May 1887 for services which had previously been held at a house in Foster Lane. The mission was superseded by the splendid Foster Lane Chapel,…
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Mytholmroyd - West bound train c1908 - ALC00457
A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…
Lydgate Viaduct c. 1908 - ALC00455
The 13 stone arch Lydgate, or Nott Wood Viaduct on the 1849 Todmorden to Burnley 'Copy Pit' line.
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
Mytholmroyd c1905. - ALC00429
This is Burnley Road looking towards Halifax at the junction with New Road and County Bridge on the right. An early open top Halifax Corporation tram with external steps up is approaching. On the left is the Dusty Miller.
Hebden Bridge - View from Wood Top, c1900 - ALC00413
View across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left and beyond it Crossley Mill. Bottom right the Crow Nest Works of the joint…
Hebden Bridge - Market Street - ALC00337
Christmas 1909. Shops: on right Haberghams Costumery, Millinery and Dressmaking advertising 'Christmas Presents' and 'New Year Gifts' and next to him Hilton Crossley. With one exception some very middle class shoppers.