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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.
Halifax - Panorama of Station & Town - LYR00164
LYRS 2691 - An extract from an 1873 lithograph giving a rare view of the 1855 Station before it was extensively enlarged and modified in the mid-1880s. Access to the Station was by a curving carriage drive which is just discernible here turning down…
Group of Servicemen, c1940 - JET00275
Briscoe Haworth, born 13.5.1924, is on the left on back row.
Gravestone unknown location - LLG00157
Engraving"In Loving Memory of Granville, Son of Frank & Effie Crossley, Born Sept 29th 1905, Died Feb 25th 1906, Also of Winifred, Their Daughter, Born August 24th 1908, Died April 19th 1927. Also of Muriel, Their Daughter, Born Sept 16th 1912, Died…
Gravestone of James Speak - LLG00141
Father of Alice Longstaff nee Speak, he is buried at Slack cemetery. Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of JAMES SPEAK, LEARINGS, HEPTONSTALL. DIED 24TH FEBY 1947 AGED 79 YEARS
Girl's Hockey Team, 1949-50 - ALC00914
Standing L to R: Lillian Southwell, Barbara Jones, Margaret Robertshaw , Sheila Scott, Joyce Bricknell, Wendy Casson, nee Marshall, Beryl Stocks. Middle row, L to R: Eileen Mortimer, Constance Jackson, Sheila ? , Jean Walmsley, Eileen Sayer. Front…
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.
Four men on at gate at Greenwood Lee Farm - EIL00646
Taken from the yard of New Greenwood Lee Farm, Widdop Road, Heptonstall. Second from the right is David Fletcher.
Foster Lane Area, Hebden Bridge - HBC01115
Possibly early 1940s as the tennis courts have been given over to chickens.
Football Team, 1947/48 - ALC00870
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 ?
Front row L- R Denis Rapier, Nick Helliwell, Unknown, Unknown, Bernard Ingram,
Seated: John ?
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00902
The aftermath of the floods. The railings and entrance are to Burnley Road School.
Floods in Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00901
Probably taken from the top of the tower of St Michaels'. It looks as if the policeman is suggesting to the car driver on the bridge that it may not be a good idea to continue!
Floods at Mytholmroyd - ALC00470
East Parade, Mytholmroyd. 1940s. The man on the right is Wilfred Dempsey
Flood Damage, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd, 1946 - HBC00938
Showing the damage done to the buildings that overhang the river. Ironically this building was a dry cleaners. The large mill facing the road is Clough Mill.
Ethel Wadsworth - ALC04238
Daughter of John Henry Wadsworth and Fanny Wadsworth (Nee Park) Brother of Edmond Wadsworth
Married Edward Bond on 26th July 1941
Married Edward Bond on 26th July 1941
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00474
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…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00473
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…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00472
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…
Edward Binney Gibson (1885-1947) - HLS00362
He was a dental surgeon in Hebden Bridge. He practised with his father at 6 Croft Terrace, Hebden Bridge.
He was a Councillor in Hebden Bridge for 37 year and was General Secretary of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society. See also…
He was a Councillor in Hebden Bridge for 37 year and was General Secretary of the Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society. See also…