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Cragg Vale Wall Repairs, Nr. Mytholmroyd - DEF00157
David Fletcher and Philip Longbottom repairing a wall, possibly securing an area that was formerly used as a tip.
Creating a garden at Mytholmroyd - DEF00265
c1966, this was one of Calder Civic Trust's first projects - creating a small garden on a piece of long derelict land in the ownership of British Rail. The relic of this garden remains (2014) in front of the Catholic Church, which has replaced the…
David Fletcher - DEF00201
Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.
David Fletcher - DEF00202
Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.
David Fletcher above the M62 - DEF00203
A recalcitrant farmer reputedly held out for better compensation and ended up on an island between the two motorway carriageways.
Demolition Jack Bridge Mill, between Heptonstall and Blackshawhead. - DEF00124
This mill was built as a steam powered mill in 1861 and was the last mill to be built in the Colden Valley.
Derelict fuel tank. - DEF00139
Location unknown but photo probably taken as part of the Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, to draw attention to squalid places and litter detracting from attractions of the area.
Derelict site. - DEF00123
Location not known, but it is the site of a former textile mill.
Dereliction - DEF00192
Location unknown
Douglas Houghton, M.P. for the Sowerby Constituency - DEF00296
Douglas Houghton, M.P., at the opening of Park Fold Wood.
Douglas Houghton, (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century.
Houghton was a great believer in…
Douglas Houghton, (11 August 1898 – 2 May 1996) was a British Labour politician. He was the last British Cabinet minister born in the 19th century.
Houghton was a great believer in…
Edmondson's, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge - DEF00297
This building is believed to have come from Dawson City, above Heptonstall, which was the hutted village for the workforce building the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. Seen here as a hardware shop, prior to this it housed the offices of a coal merchant.
Eiffel Buildings, Hebden Bridge - DEF00208
Typical of the town's near unique over and under double decker houses; technically 'Flying Freeholds'.
Eiffel Street, Hebden Bridge - DEF00206
Birchcliffe Road, with Eiffel Street the first on the left and Edward Street the second. The date on the stone at the top of this first end house is 1839, and on the end house on the corner of Edward Street, the date is 1899.
Entrance - Calder High School, Mytholmroyd - DEF00237
When the school had openrd in 1950 it was the first comprehensive in the West Riding.
Environmental Improvement, Hebden Bridge - DEF00166
The completed garden at Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. Probably 1968/9.
Environmental Improvements - DEF00163
Young volunteers creating a garden at Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. Autumn 1968. Chris Greenwood standing left, 2nd girl from left Jane Longbottom now Brook, Susan Parker, Dianne Sayer now Harwood. Organised by Calder Civic Trust.
Environmental Improvements, Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd - DEF00165
The former Royal Oak on the right, now residential, and the White lion on the left as of 2015 vacant and for sale.
Fencing prior to planting Park Wood, Mytholmroyd - DEF00238
Richard Walker fencing at Park Wood
Formal opening of Park Fold Wood, Mytholmroyd. - DEF00286
Cllr Fred Barker, David Fletcher, Chairman Calder civic Trust, Douglas Houghton MP, Jim Wignall, Sec Calder Civic Trust. c1966
Garden Scheme, Bankfoot, Hebden Bridge. - DEF00250
Work being undertaken by the Civic Trust in Autumn 1968.
Grass seeding by Calder Civic Trust. - DEF00248
Hebden Bridge? Mytholmroyd?
Greenwood Lee, Widdop Road, Heptonstall - DEF00114
Grade II listed, large yeoman clothiers house, probably late 17th century. The house as it was in 1965, prior to later ownership which abused and allowed it to fall into semi-dereliction. It has now been restored.
Ground Clearance - DEF00186
Location unknown, but shows preparation ready for tree planting.
Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge - DEF00154
Looking from St Georges Street with Valley Road going off bottom right and the corner of the Council Offices on the left.