Clive and Beryl Sunderland (nee Clark). Left to right:- Molly Sunderland (nee McAuliffe), Jean Greatorex (nee Lumb), Clive, Beryl, Christine Stansfield (nee Lord) and Gillian?
Groom, John Monaghan, Bride, Sheila Spencer (maiden name). Right of bride, Harry Spencer, 4th from left Mrs Spencer. At St Thos. R.C. Church, Fairfield.
A wonderfully evocative picture of a time when road works only needed a Keep Right sign. Hope Baptist Church is on the left and the Picture House to the right. The bridge over the road between the two parts of Crossley Mill can be seen.
The foundation stone for this church was laid on 26th June 1929. The church opened on 6th May 1931. Those who gave money for the building included Mary Sowden.
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
The original Salem Chapel, built 1885, replaced an earlier chapel built 1824 which only had seating for 750 with a schoolroom underneath. The new chapel had seating 1050. Falling membership after the Second World War meant eventual amalgamation with…
This photo features the newly built (1875) Prospect Terrace, the space to the left of it is where Nazebottom Baptist Church will be built in 1908. The extremely tall chimney was for Calderside Mill. The houses centre right are Thistle Bottom.
Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel in the distance. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The large building in the centre of the picture, beyond the shops, is Salem Methodist Church. The building far right is Brecks Mill. Salem was replaced by the present Methodist Churci in the mid-1970s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…
Mytholm Hall is centre picture with St James Church behind and the long demolished Bankfoot Mill to its right. Heptonstall Church at the top of the picture. The hall was demolished in 1969 to make way for accommodation for the elderly. Part of the…
Bottom left St James Parish Church and to its right Mytholm Hall, demolished 1969. Centre foreground Adelaide Street and above it the chimney and Calder Mill, the mill was destroyed by fire in 1964. To the right of the mill the western portal of…
On the hillside on the left the Old Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel and Sunday School. On the far side Birchcliffe Road climbing up with Cliffe Street centre right. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
In the centre Nutclough Mill and above it the old Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel and Sunday School. Centre right Birchcliffe Road sweeps up and round. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Top left the former Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel and Sunday School. To the right housing developed in the 1890s. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Centre left Moss Lane climbing up to Lee Wood Road with Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel, destroyed by fire mid 1960s, to the left. Heptonstall above it. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
Looking over Hebden Bridge from Wood Top area. Bottom centre gas holder on Station Road and Crossley Mill above it. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1964. On the hill below Heptonstall Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel destroyed mid 1960s. Part of the…