Taken about 1957/58. Pickles Band Knives (push cut). The cuttings were put down holes in the floor to be collected for sale after sorting. The mill closed in 1979 and was pulled down a few years later.
Quote from Bob Gledhill, the photographer of these images. 'Documents in the attic as we found them. The boy of the house had been rummaging through for postage stamps. Industrial Accounts. Ovenden Township lists. Letter from Dorothy Wordsworth.'…
A group of members of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society pictured after they had completed the work of straightening up the Te Deum Stone. The stone is situated near Withens Gate on the Calderdale Way footpath from Withens Clough to Stoodley…
A group of members of Hebden Bridge Local History Society photographed by this old standing stone. The stone is situated near where the Calderdale Way crosses the Pennine Way near Stoodley Pike. Local History catalogue no. PH5 3
A group of members of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society pictured before they started to straighten up the Te Deum Stone. The stone is situated near Withens Gate on the Calderdale Way footpath from Withens Clough to Stoodley Pike on Langfield…
Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking East. "After" photo taken 1/10/54 Their Ref: 32/3(5a). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield.
Hepton R.D. Pecket and Luddendenfoot C.R. C.42. Improvement at Junction with Walker Lane, Chiserley Looking East. "Before" photo taken 10/4/53. Their Ref: 32/3(5). Highways and Bridges Department, County Hall, Wakefield. Acre Mill asbestos works is…
Hepton R.D. Walker Lane C.R. (Unclas), Reconstruction works at Chiserley. Looking North at Methodist Church. "Before" photo taken 10/4/53. Although individual workers were rarely in a position to buy their own cottages, friendly societies and…