Celebrating the end of the war in Waterside shed, 1945. From left to right, Tommy Hudders, Sid Parton, Gladys Thomas, Vera Bailey, Clifford Mattison, Evelyn Lord, Arnold Brainbridge; front row, Connie Butterworth, Charlie Hartley and Muriel…
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
L to R Edna Chadwick (100 on 28th May 2004) John Chadwick, Jas Bannister Edna Hardcastle, Unknown, Lileath Barritt Seated Jean McNally. Wedding took place July 1940 at Birchcliffe Baptist church. Information provided by F. Bannister tel: 845335.
L to R: Winnie Walton, ? Rowsthorne, 'Ronnie' Walton, Vera nee Walton, Henry Walton (dad), Mary Butterworth, Bernard Butterworth. About 1944. Stuart Ballad can supply more detail 01756 748243
Hebden Bridge Air Training Corps football team: back row, left to right, P. Tetlow, John Ingham. Harry Cocker and Charlie Blaylock. The officer in the middle is Harry Herdman. Middle row, l to r, John Hutchinson (officer), Eric Wilkinson, John Astin…
Back row L-R John Langan, Roy Patrick, David Greatorex, Seth Marney, Unknown, ? Webster, Geoff Woodhead.
Front row L- R Denis Rapier, Nick Helliwell, Unknown, Unknown, Bernard Ingram,
Seated: John ?
Probably a Mytholmroyd Team. Back row L - R: Unknown, John Langan, unknown, Seth Marney, Bernard Ingham, Alan Wild, Derek Elwood, unknown. Seated: unknown, John Stansfield., Laurie Patrick, unknown, Donald Sheard.
Seated in the centre behind the rose bowl is Fred Southwell. In the 1890s Fred lived at Hebble End with his parents and siblings. He moved to Garnet Street then later to Eaves and ended up on Erringden Road at Mytholmroyd.
Post recruitment. During the war Mary worked as a teleprinter operator for the ATS, moving to France with the Americans SHAEF in 1944. She was amongst the first lot of women to go to Paris after the Germans left.
Margaret had an older sister, Marion; their father was Charles Lord who was a butcher and had a shop just off the square in Hebden Bridge, the family lived above the shop. Margaret married Jack Sutcliffe and they lived first at Underbank Avenue,…