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Lee Mill, from Midgehole Road - ALC00800
Visitors to Hardcastle Crags walking past Lee Mill; demolished about 1970 but by then no longer used as acotton mill. Peckett Well War Memorial on the skyline. Postcard
Gibson Mill - ALC00804
Postcard. Addressed to Mrs Ada Helliwell, sent c/o address in Birkby, Huddersfield, by her husband Jim
Te Deum Stone, Path from Cragg Vale to Lumbutts - ALC00815
Allegedly on a coffin road from Lancashire to Yorkshire, above Withhens Clough, where the coffin bearers were allowed to rest. Back of photo dated 26 Sept 1956
Lower Briggate, Brighouse, c1904 - ALC04471
Postcard produced by Halifax Courier
Wesleyan Chapel, Heptonstall, 1900 - ALC04783
The foundation stone of this Chapel was laid by John Wesley, and erected in 1764. The shape is octagonal. In the building of this chapel there appears to have been almost an element of romance; women as well as men, coming even from a distance and…
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…
Circus Parade in Hebden Bridge c1897 - ALC05005
The Co-op building is on the left and to the right you can just see the White Horse Hotel, now the site of Lees Yard Car Park.
Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mytholmroyd - ALC05021
The church is decked for Harvest Festival.
Bowls - Savile 'A' Rose bowl team 1948 - ALC00913
Seated in the centre behind the rose bowl is Fred Southwell. In the 1890s Fred lived at Hebble End with his parents and siblings. He moved to Garnet Street then later to Eaves and ended up on Erringden Road at Mytholmroyd. Fred worked for the Post…
Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC05859
The junction of Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road. Originally Keighley Road was much closer to Lees Yard, now the site of Hebden bridge’s weekly markets. A house, Hollins Place, which was also a fish and chip shop, was demolished to improve the…
Hawden Hall Tea Rooms, Hardcastle Crags, c1910 - ALC00107
After the war Billy Holt opened a holiday camp in Hardcastle Crags using army surplus tents.
Station Road, Hebden Bridge - ALC00232
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901.
Hebden Bridge - Station Road - ALC00321
An open top tram on Burnley Road looking up Station Road to the large station warehouse, early 20th century. The Halifax Corporation trams reached Hebden Bridge in November 1901. This postcard may have been taken to commemorate the inaugural run.
Midgehole Tennis Club members - ALC00893
The second person in on the back row left is Ivy Redman, the 5th person is Hilda Cockcroft (in white).
On the front row far right is Wallace Redman.
The tennis club appears on a 1934 map, but this photo was possibly taken in the early 1950s.
On the front row far right is Wallace Redman.
The tennis club appears on a 1934 map, but this photo was possibly taken in the early 1950s.
Folly Mill and Cottages, Todmorden - ALC05169
Folly Mill, in Lumbutts Clough. Seen here in a derelict condition, it was demolished in the 1920s. The row of houses was known locally as Mouse Nest.
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…
Heptonstall Slack - ALC08274
Looking west towards Colden and Blackshaw Head. The cottages of Slack Bottom are on the left, Slack House on the right with Mount Zion Baptist Chapel in the distance.
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
The two people are believed to be the Rev George Thomas, minister at Slack…
Interior of Wainsgate Baptist chapel showing fine marble pulpit. - ALC00139
The Baptist cause was particularly strong in the Hebden Bridge area where several chapels were built from the mid 18th century onwards. None is earlier than Wainsgate, founded in 1759 by the famous Baptist preacher and author Dr John Fawcett. The…