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Stanley Clarke - ALC01217
He was a member of Brearley Baptist Chapel in the 1950s. As he is wearing his ARP (Air Raid Precautions) badge he was possibly an Air Raid Warden during WW2. The ARP disbanded in 1946 and was reconstituted as part of the Civil Defence Corps in 1948.
185th Anniversary of Heptonstall Octagonal Chapel in 1949. - ALC01413
The Octagonal Chapel at Heptonstall was built in 1764. The design and construction were overseen by John Wesley.
Pictured at the back of the Chapel with the Sunday School on the right, Mrs Fay Fielden, then Fay Smith is the little girl seated at…
Pictured at the back of the Chapel with the Sunday School on the right, Mrs Fay Fielden, then Fay Smith is the little girl seated at…
Sunday School Queen, Slack Top, C1940 - ALC01432
formerly AT012
Thelma and Harley - ALC01660
6th October 1945
Wedding Party - ALC01699
31st March 1945
Frank and Nellie Thwaites - ALC01735
Nellie (née Mitchell) sister of Doris, Annie, Emily and Alice of the New Delight Inn, Colden. She and Frank were married at Heptonstall Church in 1942.
Wedding of Mr Percy Dodson - ALC01770
The bridegroom is Mr Percy Dobson and he was a very good clarinet player, both in a dance band and as principal clarinettist in The Todmorden Orchestra. He was also a very good soloist.
Nellie and Frank Thwaites - ALC01835
Nellie (née Mitchell) sister of Doris, Annie, Emily and Alice of the New Delight Inn, Colden, married Frank at Heptonstall Church in 1942.
Wedding Portrait - ALC01871
The wedding of William Blaylock and Edith Mason, November 1940. The service took place at Heptonstall Methodist chapel
Mr & Mrs Blaylock - ALC01874
William Blaylock and Edith Mason were married at Heptonstall Methodist Chapel, 13th November, 1940. This is a studio picture of the couple, a practise that was quite normal in the days.
Irvine & Hilda Ackroyd - ALC01884
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…
Wedding Portrait - ALC01919
The Walmsley Family. (Some of the family subsequently lived in Mytholmroyd).
Wedding Portrait - ALC01920
L - R: Phyllis Brown, Harold Brown, Herbert Dan, his wife. Father-in-law George McLean
Wedding Portrait - ALC01922
The man on the right hand side is Derek Wilcock of Mytholmroyd. The bridesmaid on the left is Mary Sayer, Mytholmroyd Groom Ben Leather, bride Rene (Irene) Sunderland, brides father Sam Sunderland (former Mytholmroyd postman) bridesmaid Mavis…
The wedding of Annie Greenwood and Raymond Sunderland - ALC01951
Raymond G Sunderland started learning the organ at the age of 12 and until he was 16 he studied with his father, the organist of Broadstone Baptist Church, Colden.
During the Second World War he served in the Royal Armoured Corps and in 1944-45,…
During the Second World War he served in the Royal Armoured Corps and in 1944-45,…
Servicemen - ALC02107
June 10th 1944
Peter Shepherd - ALC04007
Born 1943/1944. Lived at Banksfield, Mytholmroyd. Went to Calder Hight School, was in Class 1A 1955/56, possibly at same time as Stuart Greenwood who later became a Councillor. Joined the Royal Navy.
Peter Shepherd - ALC04008
Born 1943/1944. Lived at Banksfield, Mytholmroyd. Went to Calder Hight School, was in Class 1A 1955/56, possibly at same time as Stuart Greenwood who later became a Councillor. Joined the Royal Navy.
Jack Hartley - ALC04020
Jack married Margaret Horner in Hebden Bridge in November 1947. Approximately ten years later they and their two children emigrated to Australia.
Harry Haigh - ALC04401
Harry died 27.5.1956, aged 53. He was a teacher and Superintendent at Wainsgate Baptist Sunday School. This portait is hanging in the ground floor lobby at Wainsgate.
Cora Fielden - ALC04510
Cora was bridesmaid to her cousin Leah Shepherd of Hebden Bridge, when she married William Hatton of Eastwood at Hope Basptist Chapel, Hebden Bridge in 1940
Colin Moss - ALC04523
Born 1937, he attended Burnley Road School, Hebden Bridge Grammar and then Calder High. In 1941 was living at Erringden Road, Mytholmroyd, he married and later lived at Bacup.
Joan Robertshaw, nee Barnes - ALC04527
Lived in Melbourne St, Hebden Bridge. Photo taken 1941/42
Pauline Akroyd - ALC04635
Pauline Akroyd (now Barmforth) from Ripponden. Daughter of Ella Akroyd nee Gibson. Photo taken late 1930s or early 1940s when tap dancing classes for children was quite a new thing.
Pauline Akroyd - ALC05904
Pauline Akroyd (now Barmforth) from Ripponden. Daughter of Ella Akroyd nee Gibson. Photo taken late 1930s or early 1940s.