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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.
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…
Dereliction - DEF00192
Location unknown
Derelict site. - DEF00123
Location not known, but it is the site of a former textile mill.
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.
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.
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.
David Fletcher - DEF00202
Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.
David Fletcher - DEF00201
Rochdale Canal with Princes Bridge on Station Road in the background.
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…
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.
Cragg Vale Wall Repairs, Nr. Mytholmroyd - DEF00156
On the left is Philip Longbottom, next to him is David Fletcher.
County Bridge at Mytholmroyd. - DEF00133
Taken from the junction of Burnley Road and New Road.
Cottages - DEF00153
Can you identify?
Civic Trust River Clean up, Hebden Bridge. - DEF00253
David Fletcher 1968 anuual clean up of Hebden Water through Hebden Bridge.
Civic Trust Project in Bridge Gate Hebden Bridge - DEF00179
The building on the left has gone and the area is now part of St Pol Car Park.
Civic Trust Project in Bridge Gate - DEF00180
The shops on the left of the picture have since been demolished and the area is now a car park, but planted areas being created here are still in use. David Fletcher is pictured wearing a knitted sweater.
Caravan Site at Cragg Vale - DEF00270
Now (2017) the Caravan and Motorhome Club site.
Calder High School, Mytholmroyd - DEF00143
When it opened in 1950 it was the first Comprehensive School in the West Riding, not to be confused with West Yorkshire which didn't come into existence until 1974.
Calder high School Theatre, Mytholmroyd. - DEF00236
When the school had openrd in 1950 it was the first comprehensive in the West Riding.
Calder Civic Trust. - DEF00234
Bottom end of Bridge Lanes Hebden Bridge. Early 1970s. Civic Trust, Our Man at Large - highlighting environmental issues.