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
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
In the centre the Old Bridge and Bridge Mill Chimney with Old Gate on the left. The buildings on the right fronted onto Bridge Gate but all have been demolished.
Postcard. Handwritten note on bottom of postcard says 'oft have I wandered here in solitude, and gazed with rapture, upon the glorious surroundings - Chas (?)
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