Frank Woolrych presenting Donald Taylor with a prize for a photographic competition staged by the Alice Longstaff Collection and the National Trust. Lloyd Greenwood on the right.
Mytholm Church School, Hebden Bridge, also known as Hebden Bridge National School, St James Day School and St James School, Hebden Bridge. The need for a school was prompted by Rev George Sowden. It was built by subscription. The corner-stone was…
St. James, Parish Church of Hebden Bridge School. Angels from L to R: John Buckley, Joan Crabtree, Kathleen Hey, Beryl Stocks, June Fielding, Lily Bolton, not known, Gillian Uttley, Derek McMahon. Three Kings L to R: Kenneth Hawks, Gordon Smith,…
Choir at St John's Church, Cragg Vale. Includes Gordon Nelson, Doris Hirst, June Mowbray , Carol Wolstenholme, Dean Sunderland (in doorway) Geoffrey Mowbray, William Hellowell, Erika Bowker, Eric Sunderland, Joan Morgan, Margaret Harrison. William…
Site of the pulpit in the centre and the choir pews being dismsntled in 1994.
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The chapel could…
The body of the Chapel whilst in course of dismantling.
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The chapel could hold 500/700 people…
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The chapel could hold 500/700 people and there were six class rooms and a…
The entrance door on the left with the steps up to the Chapel which as on the first floor.
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The…
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The chapel could hold 500/700 people and there were six class…
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The chapel could hold 500/700 people and there were six class rooms and a…
Interior of the chapel following closure. The organ and choir pews.
The first chapel in the village, Union Chapel, was built in 1818 at a cost of £400 and replaced by Providence Chapel in 1883, built at a cost of £1420. The last service was held…
Interior of St Mary's Church pre 1950s. The west and north galleries were removed in the 1950s and the pulpit in the 1990s. The chandelier has also now gone and some memorials have gone or been resited.
Looking across to High Street from the bottom of Stocks Lane. Top left the Methodist chapel, closed 2011, and bottom left the Wolf Inn, demolished 1950s. Photo Christopher Cawkwell Collection.