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New Road, Hebden Bridge c1948 - ALC00491
The bus destination board shows the intermediate points on the route from Leeds: Dudley Hill, Halifax, Hebden Bridge.
Holme House Mill, Booth, c1900 - ALC00512
Holme House Mill, Booth, where water power was in use until 1941. The mill had been owned by the Ogden family since 1769: after it was dismantled it is believed the waterwheel was moved to Shibden Hall, Halifax.
Jack Bridge Mill, in the Colden Valley - ALC00787
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…
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…
The Prime Minister Visits - ALC01118
Photo taken at the junction of New Road and Commercial Street. Believed to be a visit by Winston Churchill to Hebden Bridge, probably in the early 1940s.
Male Portrait - ALC01194
February 28th 1945
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
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.
Wedding Portrait - ALC01919
The Walmsley Family. (Some of the family subsequently lived in Mytholmroyd).
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.
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
Stubbings School, Hebden Bridge - ALC06304
Photo taken in the late 30s/early 40s
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
Mr H Potts, headmaster in the centre.
St Michaels, Mytholmroyd - ALC06346
On the far hillside the newly built houses on the Banksfield Estate, built as post-war housing, date this photo to around 1948
Cally Hall, Blackshaw Head, 1947 - ALC08074
Nos 1-5 Cally Hall Cottages, no 5 being nearest the camera. It is taken looking east, and Cally Hall Farm and cottages is the lower roof beyond, set back from the road, with the three chimneys of Bracewell Hall beyond that.
