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Todmorden Fire Brigade, at Mytholmroyd - ALC00600
Taken at Pall Mall, now a car park. Watson's mill on the left, now Russell Dean's furniture shop. Postcard.
Tin Tabernacle, Hebden Bridge - ALC00626
Situated in Unity Street, Hebden Bridge, the Tin Tabernacle was built as a Wesleyan Mission and opened in May 1887 for services which had previously been held at a house in Foster Lane. The mission was superseded by the splendid Foster Lane Chapel,…
Thorntons Tea Rooms, Hardcastle Craggs - ALC08267
Known locally as "Cosy Corner".
The Waterman's House at Walshaw - ALC09046
Originally termed a cottage, this building caused quite a bit of controversy during the building of the Walshaw reserservoirs in the 1900s. The room nearest the camera was used for committee meetings. The tracks are for the railway used during the…
The Stepping Stones, Mytholmroyd - ALC06326
The building on the left is the rear of the "Shoulder of Mutton" Inn. The remnants of the steps down to the stepping stones had been saved and located outside a house adjacent to the pub but were lost in the flood prevention work in 2018. The…
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.
The Organ in Birchcliffe Chapel - ALC08081
Birchcliffe Chapel Organ
The Old Church, Heptonstall, c1950. - ALC04482
The church of St Thomas a Becket was built around the middle of the 13th century.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge, c1900 - ALC04603
Old Bridge with the 'New' Hole in the Wall Hotel on the right.
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…
The bridge was built about 1510 to replace a wooden bridge. It carries inscriptions recording repairs in 1602 and 1657 when it was described as being "In Great Ruin and Decay".
The…
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge, c1870 - ALC00503
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture. The bridge was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1932
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC08003
The Old Bridge looking upstream from Old Gate.. The plaques on the abutment record it was repaired in 1602 and 1657. The building on the right on Bridge Gate was Thomas Marshall, coal merchant, that building and the mill beyond have long been…
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC04598
On the right the Hole-in-theWall pub and on the left the tenements of Buttress Brink, demolished 1960s.
The Old Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC00504
Viewed from West End Bridge, Old Gate is to the left, the chimney of Bridge Mill is in the centre of the picture.
The Old Birchcliffe Chapel - ALC00486
The old Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel. Some of the stone was later used to build a Sunday School located behind the 'new' chapel which opened in 1898.
The Old Birchcliffe Chapel - ALC00485
The old Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel. Some of the stone was later used to build a Sunday School located behind the 'new' chapel which opened in 1898.
The Octagonal Methodist Church, Heptonstall - ALC04550
The chapel was built in 1764 by a Methodist Society which had grown steadily since John Wesley’s first visit in 1747. At first it was a perfect octagon, but in 1802 the sides were extended and the gallery reconstructed to increase the capacity. The…
The Lodge, Midgehole, Hebden Bridge. - ALC05123
The lodge at the entrance gates into Hardcastle Crags. Postcard
The last hand loom weaver, c1896 - ALC00234
Possibly Jack-o-Bog Eggs, Wadsworth, possibly the last of the hand-loom weaver in the Hebden Bridge area.