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Eastwood Station prior to demolition - ALC00452
The derelict station building after closure in 1951. Now demolished although the rear wall built into the hillside remains as does the level crossing.
Hebden Bridge - Station Warehouse - ALC00453
1920s or '30s. By this time carting had been contracted out by the LMS and here to Robertshaw Bros. A mixture of vehicles and registration plates; with the exception of the second from the right which is a Huddersfield number the rest are all…
Hebden Bridge, Station Road c.1960 - ALC00454
Looking up towards the station. The large station warehouse is still there at the top but Local Authority housing not yet built on the land between Palace House Road and the line.
Lydgate Viaduct c. 1908 - ALC00455
The 13 stone arch Lydgate, or Nott Wood Viaduct on the 1849 Todmorden to Burnley 'Copy Pit' line.
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
The viaduct towers over the village, once a bustling, densely-populated area centred around the cotton mills at Robinwood and Lineholme. Old code No.…
Luddendenfoot General View - ALC00456
View from the north hillside across Station Road to the coal drops and the goods yard. Date unknown but the station closed in 1962 and the goods yard in 1965. The only evidence there once was a station here is in the name 'Station Road'.
The parish…
The parish…
Mytholmroyd - West bound train c1908 - ALC00457
A westbound train, headed by an Aspinall 4-4-2, departing from Mytholmroyd Station pre-First World War. It is running on the 'slow' lines which would have been unusual for an express train, possibly due to the 'fast' line being recently…
Todmorden Station. - ALC00458
The station looking east in L&YR days. The canopies have all now gone along with the platform building on the left and the goods siding which is now the station car park.
Todmorden Viaduct. - ALC00459
Viaduct over Burnley Road and market early 20th century. .
Mytholmroyd - General View c.1920 - ALC00460
Looking down on the town and station from the south hillside. This shows how the station platforms are above the valley floor built on an embankment. The single box and buildings on the 'up' Manchester platform are supported on stilts. All now…
Charlestown General View. - ALC00461
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…
Charlestown Railway Accident 1912 - ALC00462
21 June 1912. 'The Manchester to Leeds express literally burst the rails asunder' on the already notorious Charlestown Curve between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge killing four passengers and injuring many more. Seen here the derailed Aspinall 2-4-2T…
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Mytholmroyd Viaduct and 'up' Platform. - ALC00466
c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Luddendenfoot Station Staff, 1938 - ALC00468
Lloyd Greenwood is on the right with two platform staff in LMS days outside the small Booking Office.
Floods at Mytholmroyd - ALC00470
East Parade, Mytholmroyd. 1940s. The man on the right is Wilfred Dempsey
View over Hebden Bridge - ALC00472
Formerly BT169NG. View over Hebden Bridge with Foster Mill and Foster Lane Chapel on the right and above them Nutclough Mill. On the far hillside is the old Birchcliffe Chapel. Heptonstall Road is on the left
View over Hebden Bridge - ALC00472
Formerly BT169NG. View over Hebden Bridge with Foster Mill and Foster Lane Chapel on the right and above them Nutclough Mill. On the far hillside is the old Birchcliffe Chapel. Heptonstall Road is on the left
Heptonstall Sunday School - ALC00473
This building was demolished in 1963 and replaced by a more modern village hall, which in turn was demolished and the site is now occupied by houses.
Birchcliffe Chapel, Hebden Bridge - ALC00474
Birchcliffe Chapel, Hebden Bridge
View over Hebden Bridge - ALC00476
General view over Woodend, Nutclough and Birchcliffe. View over Hebden Bridge with Foster Mill and Foster Lane Chapel on the right and above them Nutclough Mill. On the far hillside is the old Birchcliffe Chapel. On the left is Lee Mill Road with…
Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, Hebden Bridge. - ALC00477
Harvest Festival, but does anyone know the year?