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  • Collection: David Fletcher collection

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Former toffee works, then caravan factory. Early 1970s. Civic Trust, Our Man at Large - highlighting environmental issues.

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Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the contrast between the smartly dressed gentleman and the…

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Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the contrast between the smartly dressed gentleman and the…

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Location and work in-hand unknown but most likely Hebden Bridge or Mytholmroyd. David Fletcher top left.

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An exhibition of photographs was created as part of the Calder Civic Trust project, Our Man at Large, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the contrast…

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Members of Calder Civic Trust. L-R - David Fletcher, Harry Lunn, Edward Watson

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The monument is a sandstone wayside cross located near the edge of Shackleton Moor. It comprises the separated halves of a massive tapering socle or cross base, each housing a rectangular section shaft. The bevelled tops of the shafts indicate that…

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Photo taken 1976 when Innovation relocated from 6-8 St Georges Square to the mill.

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The demolished remains of houses on the north side of Bridge Lanes and High Street.

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The Bull Inn is on the right. The rest of the dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes were demolished in the mid-1960 and the site left derelict for many years as can be seen here.

The mill on the left was Barbreck which burnt down in the…

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Bridge Lanes going down on the right and Heptonstall Road going up in the centre. Taken in the 1960s, post demolition of High Street houses and houses on Bridge Lanes north side..

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Soon after demolition of the High Street and Back High Street houses, c1966. This area stayed derelict for about ten years before it was landscaped. The white building on the left of the picture is the Fox and Goose.

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Following demolition of dwellings on the north side of Bridge Lanes and High Street in 1964. The site was left derelict for some years.

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Our Man at Large was a Calder Civic Trust project, c1970, the aim of which was to draw attention to squalid places and litter which detracted from the attractions of the area, by using the contrast between the smartly dressed gentleman and the…

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Probably shortly after demolition to make way for the car park.

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Landscaping by the Civic Trust with David Fletcher on the right. The buildings, including Bridge Gale Mill on the left, long demolished to make way for the St Pol Car Park and riverside walkway.

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The planted areas in 1967, this area is now the Bridge Gate car park

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This stone marks the old boundary between Heptonstall and Wadsworth civil parishes or townships.

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This was a General Improvement Area, c1972. The houses on Industrial Street were renovated and the street re-named Garden Terrace.

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Lower left Foster Mill with Hangingroyd Mill, Hebden Works and Nutclough Mill and Hebden Water in the centre. Top left the old Bircliffe Chapel with Birchcliffe Road/Wadsworth Lane climbing the hillside.

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David Fletcher giving a talk at the Birchcliffe Centre in the upper floor of the chapel after its first conversion to form a community space. The Birchcliffe Centre received a Heritage Lottery grant to improve the facilities of this upper floor which…

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On the left the River Calder with Stubbing Holme Road. On the right is Calder Place, early 19th century 'bottom' houses, some single storey, with barreled arched stone ceilings, beneath the 'top' houses fronting Bridge Lanes.
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