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View over Mytholmroyd - HCC00302
Taken before the construction of Caldene Bridge in 1908. St Michael's Church and Sunday School can be seen towards the centre of the picture, and Broadbottom farm in the distance on the left. Along the bottom is the station and goods shed but before…
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale - HCC00168
Donated by Margaret Harrison. Newly completed Cragg Hall.
Cragg Hall - HCC00165
Donated by Margaret Harrison
St John the Baptist, Cragg Vale - HCC00163
The house on the hillside behind the church is Cragg Hall before it was 'improved' by the Hinchliffes. Old Cragg Hall is towards the top of the picture, in the trees. Photo donated by Margaret Harrison
Cragg Hall, Cragg Vale - HCC00162
Donated by Margaret Harrison
The Choir of Slack Chapel, Heptonstall. - DEF00204
Heptonstall Slack Baptist Chapel Choir c.1909, taken to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Choirmaster, William Greenwood, nickname William the Singer.
Bottom row from left: Sarah Pickles, unknown, Francis Greenwood who was killed in the First…
Bottom row from left: Sarah Pickles, unknown, Francis Greenwood who was killed in the First…
Edgar Thornber - THB00111
Edgar started the firm of Thornber Bros in 1907.
Handloom Weaver c.1900, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00161
"The decline of handloom weaving was a long process and it was not until the 1830s that power-loom weaving began to seriously displace the hand loom weavers. After 1841 each national census for Hebden Bridge shows a shrinking number of handloom…
Todmorden Co-op 1901 ad - MOT00459
Todmorden Industrial and Co-operative Society advertisement 1901
The Stepping Stones, Mytholmroyd - ALC06326
The building on the left is the rear of the "Shoulder of Mutton" Inn. The remnants of the steps down to the stepping stones had been saved and located outside a house adjacent to the pub but were lost in the flood prevention work in 2018. The…
Hebden Bridge - Station Road - ALC00321
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.
Station Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC00232
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901.
Todmorden Station c.1900. - LYR00257
LYRS 3511 - The platforms and buildings with Hirst (rebuilt Aspinall) 0-6-0 No 715, formerly named 'Medusa', heading an eastbound or Burnley train.
Hebden Bridge - General View across the Station - LYR00210
LYRS2701. Early 20thc. pre-1908 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, the second bay of which built in 1884 still…
Luddendenfoot Station - LYR00183
LYRS 2762 - About 1900 with a ‘permanent way ganger’ on the track. The Manchester ‘up’ platform with its timber buildings was accessed by a footbridge from the Leeds ‘down’ platform and it continued under the road bridge at the top of Station Road. …
Halifax Station Approach. - LYR00161
LYRS 2692 - Halifax Station approach. To the right the top of the Italian style station building which opened in 1855 and to the front of that the canopies on the GNR platforms. Two platforms behind the building, still with canopies, remain in use. …
Sowerby Bridge Station - Forecourt c1900. - LYR00124
LYRS 4130 - Horse-drawn Parcels Delivery Van No 120, 2-wheel, & horse-drawn Cab in front of Sowerby Bridge Station.
The imposing Tudor style station building looked down Station Road but was demolished following fire damage in 1978 although the…
The imposing Tudor style station building looked down Station Road but was demolished following fire damage in 1978 although the…
Lord Bros. - MOT00300
The Lower George Street entrance, more recently used by Openshaw's, prior to demolition in 1989. Lord Brothers - Employees of Lord Brothers' Canal Street Works are pictured at the entrance to their Lower George Street workshop, 1905-10. The…
Lobb Mill chimney razing, 29 September 1906 - MOT00507
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government introduced help for authorities to start a housing programme. This…
Waterside After the Fire - MOT00469
Waterside Mill fire 1901 - On 17th June 1901 fire destroyed the old spinning mill belonging to Fielden Bros. Built around 1800 and adjoining the Laneside cottages, the four-storey building was the first of many extensions and additions that would…
Lifeboat Saturday, 1906 - MOT00468
Lifeboat Saturday procession, 7th July 1906. The RNLI lifeboat 'Busbie', from Fleetwood, is being turned at the end of Richmond street to complete its voyage through the town.
Lifeboat Saturday, 1906 - MOT00467
Lifeboat Saturday procession, 7th July, 1906.
Band of Hope Demonstration - MOT00466
The Demonstration of the Band of Hope Union c.1908. Most of the chapels took part in this annual parade in July. The photograph shows the procession leaving Hazlewood Street.
Brass Band on Parade - MOT00464
Brass Band on Parade in Todmorden