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Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit. 1925 - ALC05009
The message of Eat More Fruit and Keep Fit was certainly better than another fad of the 1920s, which advised people to actively smoke instead of eating, as it was though to help some physical problems. Many began using them as an appetite suppressant…
Portrait of a Little Girl - ALC05981
A beautifully staged portrait, probably by Ada Westerman.
Hebden Bridge - Stubbings Steps - ALC00369
Stubbings Steps from School Street down to Commercial Street in the 1950s. The building at the bottom was originally the toll bar house on the Lees and Hebden Bridge Turnpike Road.
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Recalling the days of moody black and white films such as “Room at…
Fallingroyd - ALC00620
c.1910. Barge on the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd.
Doctor on his rounds, Hebden Bridge - ALC00611
Believed to be Dr Davidson, in a horse drawn four wheeled carriage for one person, possibly a Stanhope or Spider Phaeton, on Burnley Road Hebden Bridge. Note the tramlines.
Heptonstall - ALC00615
Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall c1910
Horse Drawn Wagonette - ALC00621
A typical horse drawn wagonette with two lengthwise seats facing one another behind the driver's cross seat.
Cutting the Cake - ALC05473
The wedding of John Barker and Hazel Thompson took place on March 12th 1957 at Luddenden Foot.
Margaret Huggins - ALC03906
Margaret married Bill Huggins who was landlord of the General Rawden at Luddenden Foot in the 1960s.
Groups of ladies outside St Michael's, Mytholmroyd - ALC03479
Judging by the buttonholes they are about to attend a wedding.
Reggie and Emily Gill, nee Mitchell, 1939 - ALC00312
Reggie Gill, son of Ira & Mary Louisa Gill, & Emily Gill (née Mitchell) daughter of John & Ellen Mitchell. April 1939 Heptonstall Church. Went to live in Manchester and eventually emigrated to Australia.
Heptonstall A.F.C. - ALC01417
Back row: Nick Helliwell, Colin Summerscales, goalie, Roy Bedford.
Middle row: Simeon Riley, Herbert Southwell, Leonard Daniels, Clifford Stocks, Eugene MacMahon, Harry Smith, Terry Southwell, Herbert Shackleton, Walter Broadbent.
Seated: John…
Middle row: Simeon Riley, Herbert Southwell, Leonard Daniels, Clifford Stocks, Eugene MacMahon, Harry Smith, Terry Southwell, Herbert Shackleton, Walter Broadbent.
Seated: John…
Edith Batstone - ALC00694
Edith was born at 40, King street, Hebden Bridge on 6th May 1920 and died in Halifax in 2003. Edith and Maurice (her brother?) both joined the army soon after the start of WW2. She was aunt to Christine Sharp, nee Boulton and great aunt to Ailsa…
Jacqueline Rawnsley - ALC03516
Ruth attended Calder high School in the 1960s.
Mrs Annie Jones - ALC03517
Mother of Maurice and Margaret, grandmother of Wendy and Martin.
Anne Haigh nee Stansfield - ALC03754
Possibly her first passport photograph, c1970
Miss Bent - ALC03822
Information from Cathy Ray: the lady in the photo is Miss Best who lived in Mytholmroyd. She attended Hebden Bridge Methodist Church and may have been a nurse.
Cathy’s dad, David Holland, also attended Hebden Bridge Methodist Church where he was…
Cathy’s dad, David Holland, also attended Hebden Bridge Methodist Church where he was…
Mary Birchall - ALC03825
Mary married Harry Birchall - he was a P.E. teacher at Heath Grammar School.
Connie Haworth- ALC03835
Connie was Matron of Hebden Bridge Day Nursery from roughly 1949 to 1953.