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Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit. 1925 - ALC05009
The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…
Hebden Bridge - Stubbings Steps - ALC00369
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…
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Fallingroyd - ALC00620
c.1910. Barge on the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd.
Doctor on his rounds, Hebden Bridge - ALC00611
Believed to be Dr Davidson, in a horse drawn four wheeled carriage for one person, possibly a Stanhope or Spider Phaeton, on Burnley Road Hebden Bridge. Note the tramlines.
Heptonstall - ALC00615
Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall c1910
Horse Drawn Wagonette - ALC00621
A typical horse drawn wagonette with two lengthwise seats facing one another behind the driver's cross seat.
Section of Machine Shop - ALC00657
This is Marshall's Repetition Works, Whitelee, Mytholmroyd. Thanks to Douglas Robertshaw for identifying it, he worked there in the 1990s.
Dray Horse - ALC00614
Postcard. Coal dray horse outside Riverside School Hebden Bridge in full working dress. Postcard.
Henry Fray Van - ALC00987
Delivery van of Henry Fray beef and pork butcher of Luddenden and Hebden Bridge. Fray sold out to Elias Hillyard just before WW2 and his name is just visible on the van side.
Henry Fray Van - ALC00988
Delivery van of Henry Fray beef and pork butcher of Luddenden and Hebden Bridge. Fray sold out to Elias Hillyard just before WW2 and his name is just visible on the van side.
Oxenhope Charabanc Disaster - ALC00622
30th October 1920. An outing of 37 people from the Robin Hood Inn at Pecket Well to Keighley ended in disaster when their charabanc overturned on a bend coming down from Cock Hill to Oxenhope. Five people were killed and four seriously injured. The…
St John's Church, Hebden Bridge - ALC06001
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 pulpit and…
The church became redundant in 1984 and is now private dwellings.
The pulpit and…
St John's Church, Hebden Bridge - ALC06002
The church became redundant in 1984 and was converted into private dwellings.
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00602
Postcard. The cast iron Gauxholme Bridge over the Rochdale Canal was built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and was described at the time as "a costly and beautiful structure possessing a most graceful appearance". Postcard.
View over Hebden Bridge, c1910. - ALC06003
Looking over Valley Road to the Stubbings hillside.
Market Street, Hebden Bridge c1905 - ALC00104
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West End, Hebden Bridge - ALC00105
Probably early 1920s. The photo was taken at the junction of Bridge Gate, Holme Street and New Road. Many years later these premises became the Tourist Information Centre.
Bridge at Fallingroyd, Hebden Bridge - ALC00141
This was the original bridge on A646 between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. Note the sign 'Death Trap' because of the sharp right-angled bend. The bridge was rebuilt and further rebuilt when the canal was opened up. To the left of this photograph…
Hebden Bridge - Tram Terminus, 1910 - ALC00347
Pre First World War. Halifax Corporation tram number 73, came into service November 1902, photographed here at the terminus on New Road near the junction with Crown Street. Trams ran from Halifax to Hebden Bridge from 1901 to 1936. On the left is the…
Cragg Hall - ALC04579
Cragg Hall in its prime before the disastrous fire of 1921. Old Cragg Hall can be seen top left.
Hebden Bridge from Fairfield - ALC05164
c1910. As we come down the hillside and along Heptonstall Road we pass Cross Lane Chapel (United Methodists) on the right of the picture. Further down the road we approach Queens Terrace and Albion Terrace.
On the left of the picture, beyond the…
On the left of the picture, beyond the…
Jack Bridge Mill - ALC05167
In the 1960's before Moderna Blankets a company called D.E.Stuttard Ltd made oil fired boilers called 'Desomatic'. R Thomas 01422 846392 as a brass plate which was attached to the boilers. Ref: 037.
Stubbings Landslide, 1903 - ALC05179
The wall at the bottom of Keighley Road bearing a poster dated 1903. Behind you can just see Stubbings School which was opened in 1878.
Todmorden Union Workhouse - ALC06332
This later became Stansfield View Hospital
Greenwood Cottage, near Wainsgate, Wadsworth, c1900 - ALC06335
The lady and gentleman are Mr and Mrs Crossley Ashworth, and the children are Alice and Thomas Ashworth.