The bottom of Birchcliffe Road at its junction with Commercial Street before Commercial Street was re-aligned in 1959 to carry straight on up Keighley Road; the buildings on the left were demolished at that time. The buildings on the right still…
The bottom of the old route up to Heptonstall. The Hole in the Wall is on the left, and on the far side of the Old Bridge is the White Swan. The road to the right is old Gate. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
Stubbings Steps from School Street down to Commercial Street in the 1950s. The building at the bottom was originally the toll bar house on the Lees and Hebden Bridge Turnpike Road.
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Stubbings Steps from School Street down to Commercial Street in the 1950s. The building at the bottom was originally the toll bar house on the Leeds and Hebden Bridge Turnpike Road.
Postcard with July 1954 postmark. Bottom left is the Hangingroyd area and above it the Birchcliffe Hillside. Right of centre is the station area with the large station warehouse, Victoria Mill and the gas works, all now demolished.