Irvine and Hilda, nee Greenwood, were married at St James Parish Church, Hebden Bridge, on 31st August 1940. They lived on High Street, Croft Place, Hebden Bridge, until moving down to Nest Estate, Mytholmroyd when High Street was demolished. They…
Jean Forrest Recalls
Jack Bridge Mill was built in 1861 as a steam powered spinning mill with twin Lancashire boilers and a beam engine, all buildings being on one level. In 1862 a large weaving shed was added, at that time the largest in the valley…
Works trip by motor coach having breakfast stop on the "Great North Road", the A1, on their way to the woodworking machinery exhibition at Olympia, London, 1948.
The porch was built by William Cockroft who acted as Surveyor in the years 1736, 1747 and 1752. Here also lived Henry Cockroft who was Surveyor for the years 1769-71 and died in office. Picture taken 1948. The deep-set double chamfered windows were…
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,…