Browse Items (211 total)
- Date contains "1930s"
Sort by:
Gladys & Clifford Lawton - ALC01927
Gladys nee Greenwood married Clifford at St James Parish Church, Hebden Bridge on 16th April 1938. They are Aunt & Uncle to Sheila Thornton nee Ackroyd.
Gala Queen and retinue - ALC00193
1937, Colden gala: From left to right
Ethel Smith(nee Platt) Molly Baskerville, Douglas Crabtree, Shirley Burton, Gala Queen Joyce Greenwood, Joyce Sutcliffe, Dennis Burton, Unknown, Greta Sutcliffe, Joyce Sunderland.
Ethel Smith(nee Platt) Molly Baskerville, Douglas Crabtree, Shirley Burton, Gala Queen Joyce Greenwood, Joyce Sutcliffe, Dennis Burton, Unknown, Greta Sutcliffe, Joyce Sunderland.
Frank Thwaites - KES00152
One of the players of Jack Bridge cricket team, Frank Thwaites pictured outside his home at Hudson Mill Cottages (now demolished). This indicates he didn’t neglect the whitening of his cricket boots even though he appears to be off to somewhere…
Fractured Pipe - BRS00109
The Ryburn Pipeline, Saddleworth Road, 21st October 1936
Fractured Pipe - BRS00108
The Ryburn Pipeline, Saddleworth Road, 21st October 1936
Fractured Pipe - BRS00104
The Ryburn Pipeline, Saddleworth Road, 21st October 1936
Footbridge under Construction, Hebden Bridge. - RAW00108
The bridge over the Rochdale Canal, next to the Picture House, was constructed preparatory to the opening of the Memorial Garden in 1938 connecting it to Calder Holmes.
Female Portrait - LLG00356
Could this be Sophie Greaves of Bridge Gate, who was 100 years old in 1937?
Felling the Brick Works Chimney - MOT00510
Felling the Brick Works chimney on Stubley sidings, Cornholme, 28 September 1933. Mrs Walker, the mill manager's wife who lived at Stubley House, had the privilege of lighting the fire.
Felling the Brick Works Chimney - MOT00509
Felling the Brick Works chimney on Stubley sidings, Cornholme, 28 September 1933. Mrs Walker, the mill manager's wife who lived at Stubley House, had the privilege of lighting the fire.
Felling the Brick Works Chimney - MOT00508
Felling the Brick Works chimney on Stubley sidings, Cornholme, 28 September 1933. Mrs Walker, the mill manager's wife who lived at Stubley House, had the privilege of lighting the fire.
Family Group - ALC01373
L to R: John Hubert Hunt, his sister Majorie (later Cliffe), their maternal grandmother, cousin Margaret. Grandmother was Sarah Sunderland and she lived in Garden Square. The cousin was called Margaret Sunderland. She also lived in Garden Square…
Evercreme Toffee Works, Brearley - ALC06362
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…
Evelyn Greenwood with daughter, Mavis - ALC04508
Evelyn, nee Casrling, lived in a cottage called Goosegate, situated near Callis Wood. As a teenager she married Ernest Greenwood, in the late 1930s, and they went to live in Walsden. She had a sister Ada Alderson who lived in Garnet Street.
Drawing Frame at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00120
This is in the cardroom and shows the back of a slubbing frame. The sliver cans in the foreground have come from the drawframes (not shown in this picture). The drawframe sliver is passed through the roller drafting system, which reduces the weight…
Doubling at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00139
These machines are ring doubling frames, made by Howard & Bullough Ltd, Globe Works, Accrington, the world's largest maker of ring frames. They are making a folded (two or more folds) yarn. Bobbins from the bobbin winding frames are placed in the…
Dorothy Holt - ALC04288
The certificate at the front shows that Dorothy won first prize at the Lytham St Anns musical Festival, June 1937, in the violin solo class.
Dorothy Holt - ALC04287
The certificate at the front shows that Dorothy won first prize at the Lytham St Anns musical Festival, June 1937, in the violin solo class.
Demolition of Law Mill Chimney - MOT00505
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…
DC Generators - HLS01014
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
DC Generators - HLS01013
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
David Walton - ALC05226
David Walton, 1938-1957 Only child of Frank and Olive Walton who ran a Newsagents shop on Commercial Street, Hebden Bridge. David was tragically killed in a motorbike accident, on his way to college in Halifax.
Cylinder Sizing Machine at Nutclough Mill, 1930 - CWS00115
The machine was manufactured by Howard & Bullough in Accrington, Lancashire. Founded in 1851, the company was a major manufacturer of power looms in the 1860s.
Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.